742 KEPOIIT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



Length, 6.50-7.50; wing, about 4.65-5.00; culmen, .4S-.55; tarsus, 

 .95-1.05. 



RANGE. America, from Brazil and Peru north to Arctic coast. 

 Breeds from Labrador and Alaska northward. Winters on coast of 

 Gulf States and southward. 



Nest, in depression on ground, lined with grass. Eggs, 2-4; white 

 or pale buff, irregularly spotted with chocolate or black; 1.26 by .94. 



Migrant, generally rare, not uncommon at times in the vicinity of 

 Lake Michigan. Sometimes found in small flocks, numbering as many 

 as twenty-five. Often seen singly or in pairs in company with Kill- 

 deers. In fall, particularly, they, singly or a few in number, are often 

 found associated with Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers. Their 

 habits are much like the Killdeers, and their note is a soft, mellow 

 whistle. 



They are present in the spring migrations late in April and through 

 May. Mr. Deane obtained specimens from a flock of about twenty- 

 five on English Lake, May 6, 1888. Those shot were very fat. Mr. 

 Coale obtained two females in Lake County, May 27, 1877. Mr. C. A. 

 Tallman noted them at Wolf Lake May 23, 1896. Mr. Nelson noted 

 it as early as April 25 in northeastern Illinois. He also found 

 adults and young, recently fledged in the vicinity of Chicago, July 2, 

 1873, and thought possibly they had bred there. Davie says "both 

 eggs and young have been taken near Chicago, 111., in July." It has 

 been found breeding in Minnesota (Dr. Hatch). 



Usually they return in August and remain about suitable places 

 into September. Dry summers the submerged flats and bars and ex- 

 posed shores of the smaller lakes and streams in northern Indiana are 

 attractive places for them, and at such times they are quite common. 

 The shores of Lake Michigan are also frequented by them at that 

 season. 



Mr. J. G. Parker, Jr., notes it as early as July 15. Mr? J. 0. Dunn 

 obtained one at Bass Lake, Starke County, August 1, 1894, and found 

 it at Peru October 2, 1893. They sometimes remain until the last of 

 October (Nelson). There is a specimen in the collection of the Indi- 

 ana State Museum, at Indianapolis, from Jasper County. 



In addition, it has been reported from the following counties: Tip- 

 pecanoe (Dr. E. Test), Putnam (Clearwaters), Allen (Stockbridge), La- 

 porte (Byrkit). It has never been noted in the Whitewater Valley. 

 Dr. Coues found them breeding abundantly in Labrador. They have 

 also been found breeding on the Arctic coast, near the mouth of the 

 Anderson River and at the mouth of the Yukon in Alaska. 



