52 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



lie-255-(634). Totanus ttavipes (Gme/.). Yellow Legs; Lesser Tattler; Yel- 

 low Shanks. 

 Common; throughout the state; '-abundant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); 

 "Kent and Allegan counties*' (S. E. White); "Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); 

 '■ Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); embraced in Cabot's Birds of Lal^e Superior; common 

 about the college; migrant; occasionally in summer; reported as breeding; "neither this 

 nor the preceding species breeds at Plymouth " (J. B. Purdy); eggs three or four; often 

 occurs in flocks. 



Solitary Sandpiper, natural size. 



117-250-(637). Totanus solitarins {Wils.}. ^Solitary Sandpiper; Solitary 

 Tattler; Waotail; Tip-up; American Green Sandpiper. 



Common; May to Sept.; abundant in the marshes about the college; "common 

 about Hillsdale " (F. M. Falconer); " rare in Monroe county but does not breed " (Jerome 

 Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds 

 northward; nests on ground; not in flocks. This bird bobs its head instead of tipping 

 its tail. 



Genus SYMPHEMIA Rafin. 



118-258 (632). Syinphemia semipalmata {Gmel). Willet;. Semipalmated 

 Tattler. 



Rare; summer resident; admitted doubtfully by Dr. Steere; May to September; Dr. 

 Atkins reports taking this bird at Locke August 13, 1885; Dr. M Gibbs writes me that 

 this bird has been shot at Grand Rapids; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "Kewee- 

 naw Point " (Kneeland); table bird. 



Genus BARTHAMIA Less. 



119-261-((>-40). Bartramia longicanda {Bechst.). Baktkamian Sandpiper; Bar- 

 TRAMiAN Tattler; Field Plover; Upland Plover; Prairie Plover. 



Common; April to Sept.; reported from Wayne Co.; 'Lenawee Co.'" (A. H. Boies); 

 breeds; " does not breed in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); " nests on ground in Kala- 

 mazoo Co., eggs four " (Dr. M. Gibbs); Davie, p. 125, says it is known to breed in several 

 portions of Michigan; nests in May on the ground; egi^s four, gray or buflf, specked 

 with different shades of brown; excellent table bird. This species is embraced in Dr. 

 Sailer's list of 1839. 



