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GENUS TRYNGITES CAB. 



12O-262-(641). Tryngites subruflcollis (VieilL). BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Admitted doubtfully among Michigan birds by Dr. J. B. Steere; " rare, only twice 

 taken, Sept. 17, 1875, and Sept. 14, 1872, not yet observed in spring" (Dr. M. Gibbs); 

 rare; migrant; prized for table; "too rare for a game bird" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); 

 -taken near Lafayette, Ind.. in the spring of 1892" (A. W. Butler). 



GENUS ACTITIS ILI,. 



Spotted Sandpiper, natural size. 



121-263-(638). Actitis macnlaria (Linn.). *SPOTTED SANDPIPER; SANDPIPER; 



PEET-WEET; SPOTT-J^TATTLER; WAGTAIL; TIP-UP; TEETER TAIL. 

 Exceedingly abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); April to Oct.; 

 'abundant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); 

 k very abundant at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 breeds abundantly; nests in April, on the ground, in the garden, field or woodland; 

 eggs four, yellowish white, with spots of muddy brown. The name, Tip-up, comes 

 from the habit of jerking its tail which it shares with several other species. " The 

 voung are beautiful little things, and run about, soon after hatching, in a very sprightly 

 manner" (L. S. Foster). 



GENUS KUMENIDS BRISS. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



122-264-(643). Numeiiius longirostris Wils. LONG-BILLED CURLEW; SICKLE- 

 BILLED CURLEW. 



Rare; migrant; " rare near Lake Erie " (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully 

 among Michigan migrants by J. B. Steere; "breeds in the Upper Peninsula" (H 

 Nehrling); valuable table bird. 



123-265- (645). Nnmenins hndsonicus Lath. HUDSONIAN CURLEW; JACK CURLEW; 



SHORT BILLED CURLEW. 



Very rare; "only two taken to my knowledge" (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); "never 

 peen in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully, by Dr. J. B. Steere 

 among Michigan migrants. 



