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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



GENUS TRINGA. LINNAEUS. 



SUBGENUS ACTODROMAS. KAUP. 



39. Tringa maculata (VIEILL.). 

 Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Transient visitor ; observed only in the vicinity of Orrville, where it is common 

 during April, in the marshy meadows bordering the uncleared portions of Newman's 

 Swamp. It is found usually in flocks of not more than twenty individuals; and is 

 ordinarily quite tame and unsuspicious. It has not been noted in the fall. In Mr. 

 Freeman's collection are several specimens of this species, and to him the writer is 

 indebted for the above facts in regard to its occurrence. 



GENUS TOTANUS. BECHSTEIN. 



SUBGENUS GLOTTIS. KOCH. 



GREATER YELLOW-LEGS, NATURAL SIZE. 



40. ^Totanus melanoleucus (GMEL.). 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



A rare transient visitor; occuring more frequently in the fall than in the spring. 

 A specimen was taken at the Wooster Reservoir, October 14. 1890. 



41. Totanus flavipes (GMEL.). 

 Yellow-legs. 



Transient visitor ; rare; probably an occasional summer resident. One was shot 

 by^Mr. E. N. Freeman, near Orrville, in the summer of 1889. 



SUBGENUS HELODROMAS. KAUP. 



42. Totanus solitarius (WILS.). 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



A transient visitor; tolerably common in spring from the latter part of April to 

 about the middle of May. The earliest date of its appearance is April 23 (1893) and 

 none have been met with later than May 31. It generally occurs singly or in pairs, 



