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by far the most abundant water bird, and was seen on nearly all the lakes 

 visited. On Enders Lake 2,500 were noted, October 11. On most of the lakes of 

 Garden and Morrill Counties it was also abundant, October 14 to 15. 



WILSON SNIPE. Oallinago delicata. 



This well-known game bird was common throughout eastern Cherry County 

 in most of the wet valleys and in the vicinity of the lakes, October 6 to 9, 1915. 



* LESSER YELLOW-LEGS. Totanus flavipes. 



Seven were seen at South Cody Lake on June 1 ; 3 on the upper part of Gor- 

 don Creek a few miles north of Simeon, June 3; and one on Hackberry Lake, 

 eastern Cherry County, June 5. No others were noted. 



WESTERN WILLET. Catoptrophorus semipalniatus inornatus. 



This noisy shore bird is tolerably common during summer in the lake region 

 of eastern Cherry County and of Morrill and Garden Counties, but we did not 

 observe it elsewhere. We saw it on Willow Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 

 4 ; Pelican Lake, June 5 ; Mallard Lake, June 7 ; Dads Lake, June 7 ; Muleshoe 

 Lake, June 7 ; West Twin Lake, June 8 ; Ballard Swamp, June 8 ; Johnson Lake, 

 June 8 ; Trout Lake, June 11 ; Big Alkali Lake, June 9 ; and, of the lakes in 

 Garden County, MofRtt Lake, June 21 ; Eldred Lake, June 22 ; Alkali Lake, 

 June 21 ; Bean Lake, .June 21 ; and Teal Lake, June 22. It was noted almost 

 alw:ays singly or in pairs about the marshes, meadows, or the margins of the 

 lakes. 



UPLAND PLOVER. Bartramia longicauda. 



The upland plover is, during summer, a tolerably common and fairly well- 

 distributed bird in the sandhill region, though nowhere abundant. It is most 

 numerous in eastern Cherry County, where we saw it about many of the lakes, 

 including Dewey Lake, June 3 to 18 ; Hackberry Lake, June 5 ; Pelican Lake, 

 June 10 ; Muleshoe Lake, June 7 ; Big Lake, June 7 ; Red Deer Lake, June 8 ; 

 Trout Lake, June 11 ; Cornell Lake, June 9 ; Big Alkali Lake, June 9 ; Wendler 

 Swamp, June 10 ; the Sweetwater Lakes, June 12 ; Twenty-one Lake, June 12 ; 

 and Chamberlain Lake, June 18. In Brown County it was noted at Post Lake, 

 June 13 ; Filbrick Lake, Jiine 13 ; Enders Lake, June 14 ; Marsh Lake, June 13 ; 

 Long Lake, June 14 ; Alkali Lake, June 14 ; and Rat Lake, June 14. Near the 

 source of the Loup it was noted only near White Willow Lake and at Brush 

 Lake, both on June 16. In Garden County it was seen at Reno Lake, June 22 ; 

 Teal Lake, June 22 ; and near Trainor Lake, June 22. It was not seen at all 

 about the Cody Lakes. 



This species in summer frequents chiefly the meadows and marshes about the 

 lakes and in the moist valleys, being entirely absent from the drier parts of 

 the sandhills. So far as we observed its habits, its name " upland " plover is 

 a misnomer in this region, for it seemed greatly to prefer the wet ground and 

 frequently waded in the waters of the marshes near the margins of the lakes. 

 According to the testimony of residents it is much less numerous than formerly. 



LONG-BILLED CURLEW- Numenius americanus americanus. 



Though formerly abundant in the sandhill region, the long-billed curlew is 

 at present apparently uncommon during summer. We observed it as follows : 

 one at Long Lake, eastern Cherry County, .Tune 17; 1 at PeUcan Lake, June 

 10; 1 at Little Alkali Lake, .Tune 17; 4 at Dads Lake, June 7; 4 at Reservoir 

 Lake, west of Dads Lake, June 7 ; 3 at Punch Bowl Lake, southwest of Dads 



