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10th of March to the end of April (often later) and again from 
the first of September to the middle of November. 
It still occurs in enough numbers to attract sportsmen and 
Jacksnipe shooting has not yet become obsolete for lack of vie- 
tims. 
A fiock of a dozen or two spent a week on the wet meadow 
adjoining the Swope Park rifle range in early May of 1917. This 
is a favorable feeding place where they may be looked for every 
spring when conditions are right. 
Fast-flying flocks of these birds are a rather common sight on 
the Missouri River during migration. 
[MAckoRHAMPHUS GRISEUS GRISEUS (Gmelin). Dowitcher. | 
Probable migrant. 
While there are no specimens at hand to establish the oceur- 
rence of this bird here, there is no doubt that it passes up the 
Missouri Valley in its migration. A flock of shore birds seen at 
the mouth of the Big Blue late in the spring of 1916 was rather 
unsatisfactorily identified as belonging to this species or to the 
subspecies scolopaceus. It is listed here in order that students 
may be on the lookout for it. 
MacrorHampuus GRISEUS SCOLOPACEUS (Say). Long-billed 
Dowitcher. 
Rare migrant. 
A pair of these birds were collected by Dankers in Holt County 
on October 16, 1916. Lack of data prevents the working out of 
the migration periods. It is understood to have been common 
formerly, but has become a rare bird. 
MicropaLaMA HimaNnropus (Bonaparte). Stilt Sandpiper. 
Rather rare migrant. 
A small flock of six birds was observed at the mouth of Big 
Blue on April 16, 1914. A specimen was taken near the city by 
Tindall on April 17, 1902, and another on April 30, 1902. Fur- 
ther migration data are lacking. 
TrINGA canutus Linn. 
CaNuTUS CANUTUS RUFUS (Wilson). Proposed April, 1917. 
Knot 
Occasional migrant. 
A beautiful specimen of this bird in full spring plumage was 
