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but sometimes in companies of four or five, and frequents the vicinity of ditches, 

 sluggish streams and stagnant pools. It has not been observed in the fall. 



GENUS. BARTRAMIA. LESSON. 







43. Bartramia longicauda (BECHST.). 

 Bartramian Sandpiper; Upland Plover. 



A rare transient visitor ; seen chiefly on the lowlands in the vicinity of water. 

 One shot in the spring of 1891, at Newman's Swamp, is in the collection of Ur. E. B. 

 Yager, of Orrville. 



GENUS ACTITIS. ILLIGER. 



44. Actitis macularia (LINN.). 

 Spotted Sandpiper. 



Common summer resident from about the middle of April to the latter part of 

 September. Extreme dates are April 13 and September 23. It frequents the lakes, 

 ponds and streams of running water, breeding in the grass fields and the grain fieldst 

 adjoining, or at most not far away. It is ordinarily to be found singly or in pairs, but 

 sometimes in flocks of five to ten individuals. 



FAMILY CHARADRHD>E. PLOVERS. 

 GENUS -ffiGIALITIS. BOIE. 



SUBGENUS OXYECHUS. REICHENBACH. 



45. -ffigialitis vocifera (LINN.). 

 Killdeer. 



An abundant summer resident ; noted from February 28 to November 30, though 

 usually few remain later than November i. It prefers as feeding grounds, especially 

 in spring, the moist and even marshy meadows, although it may regularly be found 

 in the upland fields. It frequently collects in small flocks before the breeding season 

 but occurs in much larger companies during the latter part of the summer and in 

 autumn. At Wooster, on July n, 1892, a Killdeer apparently flying over the city at 

 considerable altitude, was heard calling at n 130 P. M. 



The stomachs of two Killdeers examined contained red-legged grasshoppers 

 (Melanoplus femur-rubrum}, and scarabseid beetles (Aphodius servtl), with remains 

 of unidentifiable Staphilinidtz and Curcttltonidce^ 



A killdeer shot November 10, 1892, along the margin of a small stream near 

 Wooster is remarkable for the condition of one of its feet. The right tarsus of this 

 specimen is very much shriveled below an enlargement of the bone near the ankle 

 joint, this enlargement having the appearance of an old shot wound. By reason of 

 this the tarsus and middle toe are together seven-eights of an inch shorter than in the 

 other foot. This apparently rendered the limb useless, for the bird, though able to 



1 Insect determinations are by Prof. F. M. Webster. 



