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104, (263.) AcTiTis MACULARiA (Linii.). 222. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Synonyms: Tringoides macularius, Totanus macularius, Tringa 



macularia. 



Sandpiper, Spotted Tattler, Peet-weet Wag-tail, Tip-up, 

 Teeter-tail, Sand-lark. 

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



This is the common Httle sandpiper throughout the state. 

 No one who has walked by a lake shore or along the mar- 

 gins of any considerable stream or moderate to large pond, 

 can have failed to see this bird. It is common everywhere 

 all summer, breeding in fields or on the steep banks of lakes 

 and rivers. Only once have I failed to find it on the lake 

 shore in summer, gleaning among the debris thrown up by 

 the waves. I have also watched it gleaning in the meadows 

 and plowed fields. 



The first reach Oberlin about April 17th, and the last are 

 seen during the first week of September. These dates do 

 not vary materially from those for southern Ohio contrib- 

 uted by Rev. Mr. Henninger. 



105. (264.) NuMENius longirostris Wils. 223. 



Long-billed Curlew. 

 Synonyms: Sickle-bill. 

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



The reports indicate that this rather conspicuous bird is 

 rarely seen within the state, but the places of occurrence 

 are so well scattered that it may be expected to occur occa- 

 sionally over practically the whole of the state except the 

 southeastern fifth. Dr. Wheaton records specimens taken 

 near Cleveland by Dr. Kirtland ; at Licking reservoir, spec- 

 imens captured there having been examined by Dr. Whea- 

 ton, and the probability of its occurrence at St. Mary's res- 

 ervoir; and Dr. Langdon's records of several specimens 

 taken near Cincinnati. To these may be added Defiance 

 (Slocum), Erie (Moseley), and an additional record of a 

 flock of seven at Licking reservoir. May 31, 1902, recorded 

 by the writer and Mr. Irving A. Field. While it is possible 



