ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



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Genus TRYNGITE8 Cab. 



120 262-(6-l-l). Tryngites snbruflcollis {VieilL). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Admitted doubtfviUy among- Michigan birds by Dr. J. B. Steere; "rare, only twice 

 taken. Sept. 17. 1875, and Sept. 11, 1872, not yet observed in spring" (Dr. M. Gibbs); 

 rare; migrant; prized for table; "too rare for a game bird" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); 

 "taken near Lafayette, Ind., in the spring of 1892" (A. W. Butler). 



Genus ACTITIS Ili,. 



Spotted Sandpiper, natural size. 



121-263-(638). Aetitis iiiacularia {Linn.). ^Spotted Sandpiper; Sandpiper; 

 Peet-weet; Spotted Tattler; Wagtail; Tip-up; Teeter Tail. 

 Exceedingly abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); April to Oct.; 

 '•abundant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); 

 ••very abundant at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 breeds abundantly; nests in April, on the ground, in the garden, field or woodland; 

 eggs four, yellowish white, with spots of muddy brown. The name. Tip-up, comes 

 from the habit of jerking its tail which it shares with several other species. " The 

 > oung are beautiful little things, and run about, soon after hatching, in a very sprightly 

 manner" (L. S. Foster]. 



Genus NUMESIUS Beihs. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



122-264-(6-43). Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew; Sickle- 

 billed Curlew. 



Rare; migrant; " rare near Lake Erie " (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully 

 among Michigan migrants by J. B. Steere; "breeds in the Upper Peninsula" (H 

 Nehrling); valuable table bird. 



123-265- (645). Numenins hiidsoaicus Lath. Hudsonian Curlew; Jack Curlew ; 

 Short billed Curlew. 



Very rare; "only two taken to my knowledge" (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); "never 

 seen in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully, by Dr. J. B. Steere 

 among Michigan migrant?. 



