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birds which prey -on various stages of the Tipulidae. These records are 
here arranged according to the latest check list of the American Orni- 
thologists’ Union: * 
Longipennes: 
Laridae: 
Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring-billed gull 
L. franklinvi Rich. Franklin’s gull 
Sterna hirundo Linn. Common tern 
Anseres: 
Anatidae: 
Mergus americanus Cass. Merganser 
Anas platyrhynchos Linn. Mallard 
A. rubripes Brewst. Black duck 
Mareca americana (Gmel.). Baldpate 
Nettion carolinense (Gmel.). Green-winged teal 
Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail 
Aiz sponsa (Linn.). Wood duck 
Herodiones: 
Ardeidae: 
Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmel.). Snowy egret 
Butorides virescens virescens (Linn.). Green heron 
Limicolae: 
Phalaropodidae: 
Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red phalarope 
Lobipes lobatus (Linn.). Northern phalarope 
Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson’s phalarope 
Recurvirostridae: 
Recurvirostra americana Gmel. Avocet 
Himantopus mexicanus (Miill.). Black-necked stilt 
Scolopacidae: 
Philohela minor (Gmel.). American woodcock 
Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson’s snipe 
Arquatella maritima maritima (Briinn.). Purple sandpiper 
Pisobia aurita (Lath.). Sharp-tailed sandpiper 
P. maculata (Vieill.). - Pectoral sandpiper 
P. bairdii (Coues). Baird’s sandpiper 
Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled godwit 
Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs 
Heteractitis incanus (Gmel.). Wandering tatler 
Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian sandpiper 
Charadriidae: ! 
Charadrius dominicus dominicus (Mill.). Golden plover 
Oxyechus vociferus (Linn.). Killdeer 
Aphrizidae: 
Arenaria interpres interpres (Linn.). Turnstone 
Gallinae: 
Tetraonidae: 
Bonasa umbellus umbellus (Linn.). Ruffed grouse 
Raptores: 
Buteonidae: 
Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.). Mississippi kite 
3 Check list of North American birds; 3d ed., p. 1-480. American Ornithologists’ Union. 1910. 
