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112 Totanus flavipes Gmel. Lesser Yellow- legs. 



In its movements, much like the preceding, and very 

 common. 



113. Heloclromus solitarius Wils. Solitary' Sandpiper ; Swce-Sweet. 

 An abundant migrant; one of the early arrivals in Sep- 

 tember, but, on spring migration, sometimes leaving as late 

 as the beginning of May [May 6, 1897]. 



114 Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewster. Western Willet; 

 leU-Talc. 



A common resident of the coast. 



115. Bartramia longicauda Bechst. Sartram 1 8 Sandpiper; Papabotte. 

 An abundant fall and spring migrant; eagerly hunted 



and highly prized in lower Louisiana as a game bird. It ar- 

 rives from its breeding places as early as the middle of July, 

 and leaves in spring ns late as May 20. 



116. Tryngites subruficollis Viell. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 

 Excepting on the coast-line, where it is said to be abund- 

 ant in winter, this species must be regarded as a rare migrant 

 in other parts of the state. 1 have obtained it but once in 

 Louisiana [October, 1887], when I secured two specimens out 

 of a flock of eight, on the so-called Racket-greens near New 

 Orleans. 



117. Actitis macularia Linn. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Very common as a migrant, but numbers remain to 

 breed. I have found it breeding along most of the old drain- 

 age canals of New Orleans. 



118. Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew; Corbigcan. 

 A common winter resident; especially on the coast. 



119. Numenius borealis Forst. Eskimo Curlew. 



A migrant only; very common for a short while in fall 

 and spring. 



120. Numenius hudsonicus Lath . Hnd$onian Curlew. 



A migrant in most parts of the state, but resident along 

 the coast in winter. 



Family CHARADRIID^. 



121. Charadrius squatarola Linn. Bla-cTc-lellicd Plover. 



A rare bird in most parts of the state. I noticed a flock 

 of twelve or fifteen on the 2nd of March, 1890, at Pointe-a-la- 

 Ilache. I have been informed that it is common on the south- 

 west coast of the state. 



