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99. Hacrorhamphus griseus Gmcl. Itwl-breaxfeil Snipe. 



A winter visitor; often associating with the preceding. 



100. Micropalama himantopus Bonap. Stilt Saw! pi per. 



This species occurs only as a migrant and in limited num- 

 bers. While in Louisiana, it generally associates with other 

 more numerous Sandpipers. 



101. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot. 



Bare; only a few specimens have been obtained in fifteen 

 years collecting. 



102. Tringa maculata Viell. Pectoral tia tut piper. 



An exceedingly common migrant. To our Creole sports- 

 men, this and several other species are known under the 

 name "Chorook," and sold in great numbers in the markets 

 of New Orleans. 



103. Tringa fuscicollis Viell. White-r-umped Sandpiper. 



A common migrant; coining and going with the preceding- 

 species. 



104. Tringa bairdii Cones. Bairns Sandpiper. 



Not as common as the preceding, but it is generally 

 found with flocks of Pectoral and others. 



105. Tringa mi nut ilia Viell. Least Sandpiper. 

 Very common during migration. 



106. Tringa alpina pacifica Cones. Red-backed Sandpiper. 



A winter resident along the Gulf coast, where I obtained 

 it in January, J894, on Freshwater Bayou, Calcasieu parish. 



107. Ereunetes' pusillus Linn. Semipalinaleil Sandpiper. 



A very common migrant. With most of the other Sand- 

 pipers it is commonly found on the mud-flats of the lakes and 

 rivers. 



108. Calidris arenaria Linn . SaHderlhiy. 



A regular migrant on the coast; at times very common. 



109. Limosa fedoa Linn . Marbled (Jodiri I. 



A migrant and winter resident on the coast. 



110. Limosa haemastica Linn . IIi<dx<i/<ni (lodirit. 



Migrates southward chiefly through the interior. Mr. 

 Kohn has in his possession two specimens, one of which was 

 shot at Vinton, Calcasieu parish, April 22, 1895, the other he 

 obtained in New Orleans September 27 of the same year. 



111. Totanus melanoleucus Gmcl. (irealer Ycllow-leax. 



Fairly common as a migrant, but numbers also pass the 

 winter on the coast. 



