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Macrorhamphus griseus, (Gm.) Leach. 



Bed-hreasted Snipe ; Gray Snipe. 



Abundant during its migrations. It, however, lives sparingly on locusts even when 

 they are abundant. 



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LocaUty. 



Date. 



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Aug. -, 1868 

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61 

 54 

 53 

 60 

 43 

 46 



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Wavne County, !N"ebraska 



Sept. — , 1869 

 Oct. —,1873 

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Nemaha County, ^Nebraska 





5 



do 



21 

 13 



6 



Sarpy County, ^Nebraska .... 



Sept. — , 1875 







Ereunetes pusillus, (Linn.) Cass. 

 Semijpalmated Sandpiper. 



Occasionally present in Nebraska during its migrations. I obtained none for examin- 

 ation during locust years. But from the known habit of its congeners I do not hesitate 

 to place it in the list of locust-eating birds. Two that I examined on the Logon, in 

 July, 1869, had their stomachs crowded with worms and water-insects and a few lilu- 

 belia. 



Tringa minutilla, Yieill. 



Least Sandpiper. 



Very abundant in Nebraska during its migrations. Mud-probers, like the preceding, 

 they still indulge in locusts when they can get them. The following record clearly 

 shows this : 



Locality. 



Date. 



Cedar Connty, K"ebraska Sept. — , 1867 



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do I do ... . 



Oct. — , 1869 

 Oct. — , 1874 

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Wayne County, iJj'ebraska 

 Sarpy (bounty, Nebraska. . 

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2 a 



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5 



k1 

 22 



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17 



25 



10 



18 



22 





47 



27 



18 



21 



23 



15 



34 



19 



37 



Tringa bairdi, Coues. 



BairWs Sandpiper. 



Rather common in Nebraska during its migrations. Like the preceding, it varies 

 its diet, when that is possible, with locusts. 



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Locality. 



Date. 



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1 



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1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Sarov Countv Nebraska 



Oct. — , 1873 

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47 

 43 

 25 

 34 

 24 



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12 



18 



Richardson County, Nebraska 



Oct. — , 1874 

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