No.l.] M'CHESNEY ON BIRDS OF DAKOTA. 91 



Tringa bairdi, Cones. — BainVs Sandpiper. 



This Sandpiper appears abont April 28, and remains nntil the begin- 

 ning of June, after which time none are seen here during the remainder 

 of the season. During the time of its sojourn here it is quite abundant. 

 Its habits seem to diifer greatly from its little cougenei-, T. honaparfii. 



The specimen measures as follows: 



No. 626, 2, 14.75x7,75; -sving 5.00; tall 2.43; tarsus 0.82; bill 0.88. 



Tringa maculata, Vieill. — Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Is found here from about the middle of July to the first of August in 

 considerable numbers. 



Tringa bonapartii, Schl. — Bonaparte's Sandpiper. 



Arrives about the 5th of May and remains until June 13. Is seen in 

 considerable numbers during this time. 



LiMOSA FEDOA, (L.) Ord. — Great Marbled Godivit. 



Sexes axe alike in color. 



Color and size the same as the Curlew's, hut the bill is usually slightly curved vjnvard, 

 while among the Curlews it is curved doumward; this is the main point for the novice. 



Tail baiTed throughout with black and rufous; rumii and ui^per tail-coverts like the 

 hack ; no pure white anywhere. General plumage rufoiis or cinnamon-brown ; below, 

 nearly unmarked and of very variable shade, usually deepest on the linings of the 

 wings ; above, variegated with black and brown or gray ; quills rufous and black ; bill 

 flesh-colored, largely tipped with black ; feet dark. Large, 16-22 ; wing about 9 ; tail 

 about 3^; bill 4-5, grooved nearly to the end, usually slightly recurved. 



Abundant through many portions of Dakota during the spring and 

 fall migrations. The young birds are excellent food. 



Is found here in great numbers from June 14 until September 22, 

 with early arrivals in the latter part of April, and stragglers as late as 

 the middle of October. Does not breed on the Coteau, but does so about 

 forty miles to the east, in Minnesota, as also in parts of Dakota west of 

 the Missouri River. 



The specimen measures as follows : 



No. 641, $ , 31.50 X 19.50; wing 9.75; tail 3.00; biU 4.90; tars. 3.25; m. t. & claw 2.10. 



LiMOSA HUDSONICA, (Lath.) Sw. — Eiidsonian Godicit. 



Sexes are alike in color. 



Tail black, largely white at the base, its coverts uiostly white; rump blackish; 

 under parts in the breeding season (and this is the condition in which seen in Dakota) 

 tutense- rufous, variegated (chieliy baiTcd) with dusky; head, neck, aud ui^pcr parts 

 brownish-black, variegated with gray, reddish, and usually witli some whitish speck- 

 ling ; quills blackish, more or less white at the base. Young and apparently winter 

 specimens much paler, tawny whitish below, more gray above. Considerably smaller 

 than the foregoing : about 15 ; wing 8 or less ; bill 3^ or less. 



Occurs as far south in Dakota as latitude 45- 30' in small numbers ; 

 may be more common in the northern part of the Territory. 



Several flocks of the Hudsonian Godwit were observed at Fort Sisse- 

 ton from the 6th to the 26th of May, 1878, and a few were observed in the 

 early spring of 1877, but not, however, ui any such number as the sue- 



