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birds which prey .on various stages of the Tipulidae. These records are 

 here arranged according to the latest check list of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union : 8 



Longipennes: 

 Laridae: 



Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring-billed gull 

 L. franklinii Rich. Franklin's gull 

 Sterna hirundo Linn. Common tern 

 Anseres: / 



Anatidae: 



Mergus americanus Cass. Merganser 

 Anas platyrhynchos Linn. Mallard 

 A. rubripes Brewst. Black duck 

 Mareca americana (Gmel.). Baldpate 

 Nettion carolinense (Gmel.). Green-winged teal 

 Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail 

 Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood duck 

 Herodiones: 

 Ardeidae: 



Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmel.) . Snowy egret 

 Butorides virescens virescens (Linn.). Green heron 

 Limicolae: 



Phalaropodidae : 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red phalarope 

 Lobipes lobatus (Linn.). Northern phalarope 

 Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's phalarope 

 Recurvirostridae : 



Recurvirostra americana Gmel. Avocet 

 Himantopus mexicanus (Mull.). Black-necked stilt 

 Scolopacidae: 



Philohela minor (Gmel.). American woodcock 

 Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson's snipe 

 Arquatella maritima maritima (Briinn.). Purple sandpiper 

 Pisobia aurita (Lath.). Sharp-tailed sandpiper 

 P. maculata (Vieill.). Pectoral sandpiper 

 P. bairdii (Coues). Baird's sandpiper 

 Limosafedoa (Linn.). Marbled godwit 

 Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs 

 Heteractitis incanus (Gmel.). Wandering tatler 

 Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian sandpiper 

 Charadriidae: 



Charadrius dominicus dominicus (Miill.). Golden plover 

 Oxyechus vociferus (Linn.). Killdeer 

 Aphrizidae: 



Arenaria inter pres inter pres (Linn.). Turnstone 

 Gallinae: 



Tetraonidae: 



Bonasa umbeUus umbellus (Linn.). Ruffed grouse 

 Raptores: 



Buteonidae: 



Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.). Mississippi kite 



3 Check list of North American birds, 3d ed., p. 1-430. American Ornithologists' Union. 1910, 



