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the United States and winters in the West Indies, Central and 

 South America. 



In Missouri the Stilt Sandpiper, which is said to move rapidly 

 through the United States spring and fall (Audubon), is a rare 

 transient visitant in August and September and very irregularly 

 in spring. (April 30, 1902, Kansas City; September 28, 1878, 

 Hurter collection). 



234. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot. 



Tringa cinerea. Tringa islandica. Tringa rufa. Robin Snipe. Red- 

 breasted Sandpiper. May Bird. Grayback (young). Blue Plover 

 (young). 



Geog. Dist. — Chiefly on the sea coasts; in northern hemisphere 

 in summer; in southern hemisphere in winter. Breeds far north; 

 migrates mainly along the Atlantic coast. 



The Knot is probably only an accidental visitant in Missouri. 

 It has been taken in Platte Co., opposite Leavenworth, Kan., 

 by Mr. A. Lange of that city and another was taken October, 

 1874, at Brownville, Neb., which is on the Missouri River 

 opposite the northwest corner of our state; three others were 

 reported from southeastern Nebraska, May 16, 1896, August 27, 

 1896, and September 30, 1893. Two specimens were shot in 

 the spring at Neosho Falls, Kan., within fifty miles of our western 

 state line. According to Prof. Snow the species was formerly 

 common in Kansas (Birds of Kansas, 1873) and seems to have 

 been met with oftener in the interior generally, especially in 

 the region of the Great Lakes. 



235. Arquatella maritima (Briinn.). Purple Sandpiper. 



Tringa maritima. Winter Snipe. Rock Snipe. 



Geog. Dist. — Northern portions of northern hemisphere. 

 In America chiefly the northeastern portions, breeding in the 

 high north and wintering from Greenland southward along the 

 coast to the Carolinas, casually to the. Great Lakes and larger 

 streams in the Mississippi Valley. 



The Purple Sandpiper is admitted on the strength of its being 

 mentioned in Dr. P. R. Hoy's list of birds taken in western Mis- 

 souri in the spring of 1854. 



239. Actodromas maculata (Vieill.). Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Tringa maculata. Tringa pectoralis. Jack Snipe. Grass Snipe. 



Geog. Dist. — Whole of North America, rare in California. 



