A Revised List of Cincinnati Birds. 17 



here, although it is doubtless a frequent spring and fall migrant on the 

 Ohio and its tributaries. That it has not been more frequently ob- 

 served is probably owing to the lack of attractive feeding grounds in 

 this vicinity. 



191. LiMosA HiEiffiASTiCA,' Coues.— -ffwdsojiiaft Oodwit. — Specimens 

 noted from the vicinity of Cincinnati {Wheatun, Ohio Ag. Rept. I860.) 



192. ToTANus SEMIPALMATUS, Temmiuck. — Semi-palmated Tatler ; 

 Willet. — A rare spring and fall migrant. 



193. ToTANDS MELANOLEUcus, VieiUot. — Tell-tale Tatler; Greater 

 Yellow-lego. — Spring and fall migrant. Not common. 



194. ToTANDS FLAViPES, Vicillot. — Lesser Yellow-legs. — A common 

 spring and fall migrant. April, May and September. 



195. ToTANUS soLiTARiDS, Audubon. — Solitary Sandpiper. — A very 

 common migrant in May, August and September. 



196. *Tringoides maculakids, Gra}'. — Spotted Sandpiper. — A com- 

 mon summer resident. May 1st to September 30th. 



197. AcTiTURDS BARTBAMius, Bouapartc. — Bartram's Sandpiper ; 

 " Upland Plover." — Rare spring and fall migrant {Saymond). 



198. jSumenius longirostris, Wilson. — Long-billed Curlew. — A rare 

 migrant. Three or foiir specimens known from this vicinity. 



199. NuMENius BOREALis, Latham. — Esquimaux Curlew. — Specimen 

 taken near Cincinnati in September, 1878 (Shorten). Also recorded 

 from this vicinity by Prof. Kirtland, 1838. 



Order Hbrodiones : Herons, Ibises,' etc. 

 Family Tantalid^e: Ibises. 



200. Tantalus loculator, Linnseus. — Wopd Ibis. — One specimen 

 taken on the Whitewater. — Raymond, Ind. Geol. Rept. 1869. 



(See also the writer's " Observations on Cincinnati Birds," for ac- 

 count of this specimen). , 



Family ARDEiDiE'' : Herons. 



201. f Ardea herodias, Linnaeus. — Great Blue Heron. — Common 

 spring and fall migrant. March, April, August, September and Octo- 

 ber. Breeds commonly in the central and northern portions of the 

 Slate, and Mr. Dury notes a nest observed by him in a large sycamore 

 on the Great Miami. 



1 See Birds of the Northwest, p. 760, for this nomenclature. 



2 Revised in accordance with Mr. Kidgway's " Studies of the American Herodiones.'' — 

 Bulletin U. S. Oeol. & Geog. Swrvey, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 219-251. 



