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97. (251.) LiMOSA H^MASTiCA (Linn.). 214. 



Hudsonian Godwit. 



Synonyms: Scolopax hsemastica. 



Smaller Doe-bird, American Black-tailed Godwit, Ring-tailed 

 Marlin. 



Kirtland, Ohio, Geol. Surv., 1838, 165, 185. 



The records which Dr. Wheaton gives for this species are 

 all that I have been able to find. "Dr. Kirtland notes its 

 capture in the vicinity of Cincinnati, and Mr. Winslow 

 mentions its occurrence near Cleveland. I met a flock of 

 eight birds, in the spring of 1858, wading in a shallow pond 

 in an old brickyard within the city (Columbus) limits, but 

 was not so fortunate as to secure specimens. In the spring 

 of 1861 a fine specimen was taken below the State dam, near 

 the city, by a sportsman and taxidermist, which was pre- 

 served until recently." There appear to have been but two 

 specimens actually captured in the state. We should make 

 a better record than this for Ohio. 



98. (254.) ToTANus melanoleucus (Gmel.). 215. 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



Snyonyms: Scolopax melanoleuca, Gambetta melanoleuca, 

 Totanus vociferus. 



Greater Tell-tale, Greater Yellow-shanks, Long-legged Tat- 

 tler, Stone-snipe. 



Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 



Fairly common during the migrations over the entire 

 state. It may be absent from some restricted localities 

 where there are no ponds or wet meadows to furnish feed- 

 ing places. Both Yellow-legs feed standing "knee" deep in 

 the water, often immersing the entire head, but oftener dart- 

 ing about and thrusting here and there for some fleeing in- 

 sect or tadpole. While they are not distinctly beneficial they 

 are certainly not harmful to agricultural interests. They 

 may often be seen in small flocks of about a dozen or less 

 individuals, or singly on the borders of ponds of almost any 

 extent, or on the lake shore. 



