ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



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Gknus CALJDRIS Cuv. 



1 12 "i+S^Bai). Calidris areiiaria (Linn.). SANDKiiLiNt;. 



•' Common migrant near Lake Erie " (Jerome Trombley); '"common on the shores 

 of the Great Lakes, migrant "' iGibbs' Birds of Michigan); " very common, in tiocks. on 

 the shore of Lake Michigan '" (Butler's Birds of Indiana). 



Gencs LIMOSA Briss. 



1 L'{ 24«-((>28j. Liiiiosa letloa {Linn.). Makislkd (todwit; Gkkat Makblkd Gouwit; 

 U(iE Bird; DoudH Biud. 



Rare; shores of the Great Lakes; May and Sept.; migrant; "taken near Lake Erie 

 by gamesters (gunners)'" (Jerome Trombley); •' not uncommon about Lake Michigan "' 

 (Brayton); "migrant" (Dr. J. B. Steere); Davie, p. 117, says it is known to breed in 

 Northern Ohio and Wisconsm; Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that it breeds in 

 Northern Wisconsin, and presumably in our Northern Peninsula, and Mr. H. Nehrling 

 informs me that it breeds in Northern Michigan. 



114-251-(f>2i)i. Limo>a liivniasti«'a (L«i?i.). Huoso.man (Joinvir; Lesser Doe 

 Bird. 



Rare: migrant; about Great Lakes; "taken near Lake Erie by gamesters" (Jerome 

 Trombley); 'not very rare about Lake Michigan " (Brayton); given doubtfully by Dr. 

 J. B. Steere as a migrant: '• taken at Niles and in Calhoun Co.'" (D. D. Hughes). 



Genus TOTANUS Bechstein. 



Greater Yellow Legs, natural size. 



1 1 rt '2n4^-(ii:Vi). Totauus nielaiioleiicus (Gmel). Gkkatei; Vku.ow Lecjs: Grkatkk 

 Telltale; Greater Tattler; Stone Snipe. 

 Abundant; throughout the state; May and Oct.; migrant; "Keweenaw Point" 

 (Kneeland); ''common in spring at Iron Mountain '" (E. E. Brewster); -common in 

 Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); one of our most common long billed migrants; possi- 

 bly may tarry occasionally and breed. Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that this 

 species breeds in our Northern Peninsula. Mr. H. Nehrling writes to the same etfect. 

 This and the following species are reported by Mr. A. W. Butler as breeding rarely in 

 Northern Indiana. 



