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Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say). Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Limosa scolopacea Sat, Long's Exp., II, 1823, 170. 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus Lawk., Ann. Lye. N. Y., V, 1852, 4, pi. 1. 



Popular .synonyms : Gkeatee Long-beak. Robin Snipe. 



A very rare migrant. The only record which I have of the 

 occurrence of this species within our Hmits, is that of two 

 females in full breeding plumage. These I took ,at South 

 Chicago, May 6, 1893, and they are in the museum of The 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



While the range of the species includes North America in 

 general, it is chiefly confined to that portion of the continent 

 west of the Mississippi River. It breeds in the far north and 

 migrates south in the winter to South America and the West 

 Indies. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baird, 1858. 



Micropalama himantopns (Bonaparte). Stilt Sandpiper. 



Tringa himantopus Bonapakte, Ann. Lye. N. T., II, 1826, 157. 

 Micropalama himantopus Baied, Birds N. Amer., 1858, 726. 

 Tringa douglasii Sw. & Rich., Fauna Bor. Amer., II, 1831, 379, pi. 66. 

 Popular synonyms : Long-legged Sandpiper. Frost Snipe. 



A rare spring migrant and often a common fall visitant. Not 

 infrequently this species is not detected, as the young in fall plum- 

 age closely resemble the young of the yellow-legs (Totanus 

 flavipes). Mr. J. Grafton Parker, Jr., has in his collection an 

 adult female taken from a flock of four at Grand Crossing, Chi- 

 cago, on July 25, 1893. I also have the following records for the 

 capture of this bird within our limits : 



Frank M. Woodruff at South Chicago on June 6, 1890. 



J. Grafton Parker, Jr., at Grand Crossing on August 7, 1893. 



Frank M. Woodruff at Grand Crossing on September 23, 1893. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson says:* "Of rare occurrence. The eighth 

 of August, 1873, I saw a single specimen near the Lake shore in 

 Chicago, and the tenth of September the same year, Mr. R. P. 

 Clarke obtained a specimen at the same place." 



The range of the Stilt Sandpiper includes the eastern portion 

 of North America, breeding north of the United States, and mi- 

 grating in winter south through Central America and quite far 

 south in South America. 



*Birds of Northeastern Illinois. Bull. Essex Inst.. Tol. Till, 1876, 128. 



