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GENUS TOTANUS BECHSTEIN. 

 Subgenus GLOTTIS Koch. 



Head and foot of Greater Ytllow-legs, nat. size. 



94. Tetanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. 



Migrant; rare over the southern part of the State, more common northward. 

 Possibly rare resident northward. Three reported from English Lake, June 3 r 

 1888. (Deane.) Common at Wolf and George Lakes in August. (Parker.) 



* 95. Tetanus flavipes (Gmel.}. YELLOW-LEGS. 



Common migrant, most numerous northward, where they are summer residents 

 in some numbers, and occasionally breed. Mr. L. T. Meyer informs me he ob- 

 tained a set of four eggs in Calumet Marsh, Lake County, in 1885. In the fall they 

 sometimes are found in very large flocks about the marshes of Northern Indiana. 

 This was especially noticeable along the Kankakee Kiver, September 1, 1889, 

 (Deane.) 



Head of Solitary Sandpiper, nat. size. 



Subgenus HELIODROMAS Kaup. 

 : 96. Totanus solitarius (Wils.). SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



Summer resident in some numbers, most common northward. Breeds. More 

 often found along the streams and about the ponds in the woods. Known locally 

 as " Peet-weet,'' "Teeter Snipe," and "Tilter." 



GENUS SYMPHBMIA RAFINESQUE. 

 97. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmd.). WILLET. 



Rare migrant. While it has been reported throughout the State, I do not 

 learn that it is common anywhere. Possibly some may remain throughout the 

 summer. 



GENUS BARTRAMIA LESSON. 



: 98. Bartramia longicauda (Jlechst.). BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER; BARTRAM'S TATTLER ; 

 FIELD PLOVER ; UPLAND PLOVER ; PRAIRIE PLOVER. 



Migrant and summer resident. Over most of the southern part of the State 

 rare, but in the more open or prairie districts they are summer residents. Has 

 been found breeding in Knox and Gibson counties ( Ridgway.) Mr. Dury reports 



