46 Wyoming Experiment Station. 



the Sweetwater river, McCarthy, 1859.' Taken on Laramie 

 river, July 23, and on the west slope of the Medicine Bow 

 Mountains, same date, 1857, Wood. I have noted these birds 

 in the Green River valley above Green River city, in the Big 

 Horn Basin near Otto, along Clear creek, Johnson county, and 

 along the Rattlesnake Mountains in Natrona county. There 

 are nine skins in the University collection that have been col- 

 lected during the months of June, August and September in 

 Albany and Carbon counties. 



SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



230. Gallinago delicata (Ord.). 

 Wilson's Snipe. 

 Resident ; probably breeds. . This bird often remains all 

 winter in marshy places where there are warm springs. There 

 are no breeding records; but in all probability such will be re- 

 ported. In spring and fall these birds are rather common 

 in swampy places aloijg the small streams. On Aug. 20th, 

 1898, I took one in the Medicine Bow Mountains at an eleva- 

 tion of 9,000 feet, where it was feeding along a small brook. 

 Rather common at Cheyenne, Bond. Rather common at Doug- 

 las, Jesurun. Fort Sanders,' Black Hills, Wyoming, Coues. 

 Fort Bridger, McCarthy and Drexel. Fort Laramie, Dr. Coop- 

 er. Took one bird May 5th and another two weeks later at 

 Lake :Como, ■ Williston. The University records all relate to 

 the Laramie Plains. This species has been taken as late as 

 Jan. 27, when a pair of birds were seen. 



232. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say.). 

 Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Migratory; rather rare. They reach the Laramie Plains 

 about the 12th of May. All records are confined to south^ 

 eastern Wyoming. Two specimens taken May 5th, afterwards 

 common at Lake Como for two weeks or more, Williston. 

 Rock Creek, September, 1856, Wood. Bond has one specimen 

 in his collection taken at Cheyenne May 3, 1889. There are 



