52 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



ll«-255-(634). Totanus flavipes (Gmel). Yellow Legs; Lesser Tattler; Yel- 

 low Shanks. 

 Common; throughout the state; "abundant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); 

 "Kent and Allegan counties" (S. E. White); "Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); 

 "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); embraced in Cabot's Birds of Lake Superior; common 

 about the college; migrant; occasionally in summer; reported as breeding; "neither this 

 nor the preceding species breeds at Plymouth " (J. B. Purdy); eggs three or four; often 

 occurs in flocks. 



Solitary Sandpiper, natural Bize. , 



117-256-(637). Totanus solitarius (Wils.). *Solitary Sandpiper; Solitary 

 Tattlek; Wagtail; Tip-up; American Green Sandpiper. , 



Common; May to Sept.; abundant in the marshes about the college; "common 

 about Hillsdale " (F. M. Falconer); " rare in Monroe county but does not breed " (Jerome 

 Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); breeds 

 northward; nests on ground; not in flocks. This bird bobs its head instead of tipping 

 its tail. 



Genus SYMPHBMIA Rafin. 



1 18-258-(632). Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.). Willet; Semipalmated 

 Tattler. 

 Rare; summer resident; admitted doubtfully by Dr. Steere; May to September; Dr. 

 Atkins reports taking this bird at Locke August 13. 1885; Dr. M Gibbs writes me that 

 this bird has been shot at Grand Rapids; " Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); " Kewee- 

 naw Point " (Kneeland); table bird. 



Genus BARTRAMIA Less. 



119-261-(640). Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian Sandpiper; Bar- 

 tramian Tattler; Field Plover; Upland Plover; Prairie Plover. 



Common; April to Sept.; reported from Wayne Co.; "Lenawee Co.'" (A. H. Boies); 

 breeds; " does not breed in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); '• nests on ground in Kala- 

 mazoo Co., eggs four " (Dr. M. Gibbs); Davie, p. 125, says it is known to breed in several 

 portions of Michigan; nests in May on the ground; eggs four, gray or buff, specked 

 with different shades of brown; excellent table bird. This species is embraced in Dr. 

 Sager's list of 1839. 



