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* SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. Ereunetes 



A flock of 20 was seen at Crystal Lake, in Brown County, on October 11, 1915. 



t MARBLED GODWIT. Limosa fedoa. 



This species is reported to have been found breeding here, but it is apparently 

 very rare at this season. 



t SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Eelodromas soUtarius solitarius. 



Reported to be a breeding bird of the sandhill region, but seemingly very 

 rare ; we did not observe it at any of the localities visited. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Actitis macularia. 



The well-known spotted sandpiper is apparently rare in this region, as we 

 saw only four individuals, all on the upper part of Gordon Creek a few miles 

 north of Simeon, June 3. 



KILLDEER. Owyechus vociferus vociferua. 



This ubiquitous species is, of course, one of the most widely distributed sum- 

 mer shorebirds of the region. At this season it was found at or near a great 

 majority of the lakes, and in some places was abundant. It was most numerous 

 in eastern Cherry County, on Willow Lake, June 4 to 14 ; Dewey Lake, June 3 

 to 18 ; Pelican Lake, June 10 ; Trout Lake, June 11 ; Big Alkali Lake, June 9 ; 

 Dads Lake, June 7 ; Hackberry Lake, June 5 ; Gordon Creek, June 3 ; Ballard 

 Swamp, June 8 ; and North, Middle, and South Marsh, June 8. It was com- 

 mon also at South Cody Lake on June 9 ; Moon Lake, Brown County, June 13 ; 

 Enders Lake, June 13 and 14; Rat and Diamond Lakes, Brown County, June 

 14; Speckelmire Lake, near the source of the North Loup River, June 16, and 

 at Silver Lake in the same region on the same date ; also at Reno Lake, Garden 

 County, June 22; Eldred Lake, June 22; Bean Lake, June 21 and 22; the 

 Peterson Lakes, June 22 ; and at the Hague Lakes, in Morrill County, June 21. 

 Young were seen with their parents at Ballard Swamp on June 8 and on sev- 

 eral occasions during June at other localities. 



Our only autumn record is a single bird seen at Ballard Swamp, eastern 

 Cherry County, October 7, 1915. 



t PIPING PLOVER. Charadrius melodus. 



This plover was formerly apparently not uncommon about the lakes of the 

 sandhill region, and formerly bred about Trout Lake, eastern Cherry County. 

 We, however, did not observe a single individual at any of the localities visited. 



