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Smith Lake, June 10; Whitewater Lake, June 10; Molly Marsh, June 11, all 

 in eastern Cherry County; Post (Clapper) Lake, Brown County, June 13; Red 

 Willow Lake, June 16; Swan Lake, Gaa-den County, June 21; Jones Lake, 

 Garden Coiuity, June 21; and on several of the other lakes throughout the 

 sandhills. It occurred in summer chiefly about the lakes, where it frequented 

 usually the marshes about their borders. Occasionally it was in flocks of con- 

 siderable size, as on Pelican Lake and on Moon Lake, as above noted. 



In eastern Cherry County, 3 were seen between Wood Lake and Dewey Lake 

 on October 5 ; 1 on Red Deer Lake, October 6 ; 10 on Dewey Lake, October 12, 

 and others at different times on this lake; and 1 on Moon Lake, Brown County, 

 October 10. 



WILSON PHALAROPE. Stegcmopua tricolor. 



The dainty appearance and ducklike habits of this little wader at once 

 attract the attention of even the casual observer. In Garden County it goes 

 by the name " straw." It frequents chiefly the meadows and marshes about 

 the lakes, though it often alights out on the water itself, particularly near the 

 shore. Occasionally it appears along the streams, especially those that have 

 marshy borders. 



This is by considerable the most numerous breeding shore bird in the sand- 

 hill country, though it is not quite so universally distributed as the killdeer. 

 It was, however, found commonly or abundantly at all the groups of lakes 

 visited, being most abundant at Phalarope Lake, Garden County, June 22 ; 

 Pelican Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 10 ; Ballard Swamp, June 8 ; North 

 and Middle Marsh, June 8 ; Foster Lake, June 9 ; Belsky Lake, June 12 ; and 

 Trout Lake, June 9 and 11. It was common also at South Cody Lake, June 1 ; 

 Dewey Lake, June 3 to 18 ; Long Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 5 ; Dads 

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

 June 8 ; Big Alkali Lake, June 9 ; Smith Lake, June 10 ; Sweetwater Lakes, 

 June 12 ; Middle Lake, June 12 ; Duck Lake, near the head of the North Loup 

 River, June 16 ; the Hague Lakes, Morrill County, June 21 ; Alkali Lake, 

 Garden County, June 21 ; and at many of the other lakes of the region. 



AMERICAN AVOCET. Recurvirostra americanot. 



The avocet, though formerly occurring over all the sandhill region, was not 

 observed, except at the lakes of Garden and Morrill Counties. Here it was 

 tolerably common in summer, though irregularly distributed. We noted it as 

 follows : the Hague Lakes, June 21 ; Wild Goose Lake, June 21 ; Young Lake, 

 June 21; Moffitt Lake, June 21; Swan Lake, June 21; Jones Lake, June 21; 

 Alkali Lake, June 21 ; a small lake near Trainor Lake, June 22 ; a small lake 

 near the Peterson Lakes, June 22 ; and Phalarope Lake, June 22. 



One was seen at Reno Lake, Garden County, October 14, 1915. 



* WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Pisobia fuscicollis. 



One, on Gordon Creek a few miles north of Simeon, on June 3, was the only 

 individual observed. 



* BAIRD SANDPIPER. PisoUa bairdii. 



Two were seen along the shore of Coleman Lake, eastern Cherry County, 

 on June 10, but the species was not otherwise noted. 



* LEAST SANDPIPER. PisoMa minutilla minutiUa. 



A single bird seen on the upper part of Gordon Creek a few miles north of 

 Simeon, June 3, is the only record. 



