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Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — Reported by 

 S. H. Lyman to have been taken along the Touchet River at Dayton. 



Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. — Dawson (1908, 484) 

 heard Upland Plovers in April, 1905, near Two Rivers, western Walla 

 Walla County. 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Often seen in summer 

 on the bars of the Touchet River near Prescott. One was seen on the 

 rocky shore of Snake River at Lyon's Ferry on June 23, 1914. 



Spring arrival records for Prescott are: May 2, 1905; May 22, 1913; 

 and May 19, 1914. 



Numenius americanus. Long-billed Curlew. — Occasionally 

 breeding in the bunchgrass hills near Prescott. They are rapidly decreas- 

 ing in numbers, as the spring plowing practiced in connection with wheat 

 growing destroys many of their nests, and only a small amount of unculti- 

 vated land, on which they can breed, still remains in the region. In spring 

 they often feed about small pools of water in the prairie, but they seldom 

 go near the river during their stay with us. They leave the region soon 

 after the young are able to fly and thus escape the dry summer. Nesting 

 occurs in the latter part of April and the early part of May. 



Spring arrival dates at Prescott are: March 23, 1905; March 29, 1906; 

 April 7, 1908; and April 9, 1913. 



Charadrius dominicus dominicus. Golden Plover. — Taken by 

 Bendire at Walla W'alla (Brewster, 1882, 227). 



Oxyechus vociferus vociferus. Killdeer. — Numerous along the 

 shores of the Walla Walla River near Wallula in the early part of June, 

 1914. They also fed in the sagebrush, sometimes a half mile from the 

 river. Killdeers are fairly numerous in summer along the shores of the 

 Touchet River near Prescott. They often feed in the cultivated meadows 

 of the valley, and at times, especially in the spring, may be found in the 

 grain fields and bunchgrass areas a short distance from the river. 



During late December, 1908, several were noted near Prescott and one 

 was taken on Jan. 1, 1909. Spring arrival dates for other years are: 

 Feb. 26, 1905; Feb. 22, 1906; and Feb. 25, 1908. 



Perdix perdix. Hungarian Partridge. — In the early spring of 

 1915 several were liberated in the Touchet Valley near Prescott. A flock 

 of ten was seen in a field of the valley near some willows on Nov. 20. They 

 had been introduced into Columbia County several years earlier. 



Colinus virginianus virginianus. Bob-white. — Introduced. A 

 few were seen in early June, 1914, at the edge of the willows along the 

 Walla Walla River near Wallula. At Prescott they have become common 

 in the brush and timber. At times they feed in the meadows and even a 

 short distance out into the open parts of the valley, but are never found 

 far from cover. 



Nests have been noted at Prescott as follows: June 5, 1908, 14 eggs; 

 June 8, 1908, 10 eggs; July 1, 1910, 20 eggs; June 5, 1913, 19 eggs at the 

 point of hatching. These nests were placed in grass at the edge of meadows 

 or in brushy places. 



