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^GiALiTis MELODA. Piping Plover. — Quite common in some portions 

 of the State; migrant. 



H^MATOPODID^. 



Strepsilas inteepees. Turnstone. — ^Migrant ; not rare. 

 EECUEYIEOSTEID^. 



HiMANTOPUS NIGRICOLLIS. Stilt. — ^Eare ; transient. 



PHALAEOPID^. 



Steganopxjs wilsoni. Wilsonh Phalarope. — Common during spring 

 migrations ; a few remain during summer ; breeds. 

 LoBiPES HYPEEBOE.EUS. Novtliem Phalarope. — Eare visitor. 



SCOLOPACID^. 



Philohela minoe. American WoodcocJc. — Common from March to 

 November ; a generally distributed species ; breeds. 



Gallinago wilsoni. Americari Snipe. — Common during spring and 

 autumn ; a few remain during summer ; found breeding in Saint Joseph 

 County, 42^, by Mr. Eugene Beerstecher. 



MaceoehAjmphus geiseus. Red-breasted Snipe. — Migrant ; not rare 

 in spring. 



MiCEOPALiMA HraANTOPUS. Stilt Sandpiper. — ISTot rare some seasons 

 near large bodies of water. 



Eeeunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Common migrant. 



Teinga minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Very common in spring and 

 autumn ; some remain during summer ; breeds. 



Teinga maculata. Grass Snipe. — Very common migrant. 



Teinga BONAPAETii. Wliite-rumped Sandpiper. — Not common; sum- 

 jner sojourner in 45° 20' N. 



Teinga alpina ameeicana. Bed-hacTced Sandpiper. — Migrant ; not 

 common ; a few taken in spring. 



Teinga subaequata. Curletv Sandpiper. — ^Eare visitor ; one taken 

 in 1870, according to Hon. D. D. Hughes, Ornithology of Michigan, MSS. 



Teinga canutus. Ped-breasted Sandpiper. — Eare migrant. 



Calideis aeenaeia. Sanderling. — Common on the shores of the 

 great lakes; migrant. 



LiMOSA FEDOA. Great Marbled Godwit. — Taken occasionally near De- 

 troit and along the edges of the great lakes ; migrant. 



LiMOSA H^MASTiCA. Hudsonian Godivit. — Two specimens secured. 



ToTANUS SEMiPALMATUS. Willet. — Eare migrant ; two specimens in 

 the collection of C. W. Gunn, Grand Eapids. 



ToTANUS MELANOLEUCUS. Greater Yellow -slianlcs. — Common mi- 

 grant. 



ToTANUS FLAVIPES. Lesser Yellow-shanliS.—A'bmidimt migrant. 



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