50 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



Rev. Chas. I'^ox; May and Sept.; small Hocks; if this bird occur in Michigan it is 

 very rarely. 



lO.'v '2S{K<»1<>). Triiig-a maculala VieilJ. Pectoral Sandpiper; "Jack Snipe"; 

 (4kass Snipe. 



Very abundant; migrant: "'throughout the state" (A. H. Boies): '"very common on 

 Lake Erie in Monroe Co" (Jerome Trombley"): "taken at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); 

 "not rare but decidedly irregular in spring and autumn" (Dr. M. Gibhsi; we have 

 taken several here at Lansing; May and Sept.; Hocks about marshes; migrant: good 

 game bird: feeds extensively on locusts and other insects. 



1(H;-240-(<»17). Triiig-a fuscit'ollis T'/et//. White-rumped Sandpiper; Bonaparte's 

 Sandpipek. 



"Not common north " (Gibbs* Birds of Michigan); "breeds far north of us" (Dr. A. 

 K.Fisher); Jerome Trombley reports it not rare about Lake Erie; "migrant at Ply- 

 mouth" (J. B. Purdy); "migrant" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "a rather rare, irregular 

 migrant" (Dr. M. Gibbs): "breeds far north" (H. Nehrling). 

 l()7-24lH61o). Tringa bairdii iCones). Baird's Sandpiper. 



This species is embraced in Covert's Birds of Michigan. Cabot's Birds of Lake 

 Superior, and is given by Wheaton as a migrant in Ohio. 



10S-2+2-((>14). Triiiga miniitilla Vieill Least Sandpiper. 



Common in spring and fall; April and Sept.; - throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); 

 Jerome Trombley reports it very rare in Monroe Co ; "not rare in Kalamazoo Co." (Dr. 

 M. Gibbs); " I see it often in ilocks in spring and fall in Shiawassee county, about 

 lakes" (Dr. W. C.-Brownell); "migrant at Plymouth'' (J. B. Purdy); "migrant in Alle- 

 gan Co.'' (S. E. White); Mr. White also reports it at Mackinac Island; taken by E. E. 

 Brewster. May 24, 1891, at Iron Mountain; "breeds in British America" (Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher); " so far as we know breeds north of the United States" (H. Nehrling); " this 

 and the preceding species breeds far north of us" (Prof. J. A. Allen). 



109-243a-(624). Triiiga alpiita pacitica Coues. Red-packed Sandpiper; Black- 

 bellied Sandpiper; American Dunlin. 

 "Migrant, not common, few taken in spring" (Dr. M. Gibbs); " breeds in Sanilac 

 county '■ (W. A. Oldfield); "one bird taken at Plymouth in the spring of 1891" (J. B. 

 Purdy); " Allegan county, migrating May 25. 1891 " (S. E. White. O. and O., Vol. 16. p. 

 9); "migrant " (Dr. J. B. Steere); prized for food. 



110-244-((>25). Triiig-a femigiuea Brihm. Curlew Sandpiper. 



Vei-y rare visitor; one taken by the late D. D. Hughes; reported in the catalogue of 

 Kent Scientific institute by E. L. Moseley. 



Genus EREUNETES III. 



lll-24(>-((il2). Ereuiietes ]Misilliis iLinn.). Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Common; "throughout the state"' (A.H.Boies); migrant: "rare in Monroe Co.'' 

 (Jerome Trombley); "taken as late as June and as early as August" (Dr. M. Gibbs); 

 "Mackinac Island" (S.E.White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "shore of Lake 

 Michigan during August "' (Butler's Birds of Indiana). 



