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Genus TRYNGITES Cab. 



120-262-(641). Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Admitted doubtfully among Michigan birds by Dr. J. B. Steere; "rare, only twice 

 taken, Sept. 17, 1875, and Sept. 14, 1872, not yet observed in spring " (Dr. M. Gibbs); 

 rare; migrant; prized for table; "too rare for a game bird" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); 

 "taken near Lafayette, Ind., in the spring of 1892" (A.W. Butler). 



•Genus ACTITIS Ii.i,. 



Spotted Sandpiper, natural size. 



121-263-(638). Actitis macularia (Linn.). *Spotted Sandpiper; Sandpiper; 

 Peet-vveet; Spotted Tattler; Wagtail; Tip-up; Teeter Tail. 

 Exceedingly abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); April to Oct. 

 '•abundant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White) 

 "very abundant at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland) 

 breeds abundantly; nests in April, on the ground, in the garden, field or woodland 

 eggs four, yellowish white, with spots of muddy brown. The name, Tip-up, comes 

 from the habit of jerking its tail which it shares with several other species. " The 

 } oung are beautiful little things, and run about, soon after hatching, in a very sprightly 

 manner" (L. S. Foster]. 



Genus NUMENIUS Briss.' 



Long-billed Curlew. 



122-264-(643). Nnmenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew; Sickle- 

 billed Curlew. 

 Rare; migrant; " rare near Lake Erie " (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully 

 among Michigan migrants by J. B. Steere; " breeds in the Upper Peninsula " (H 

 Nehrling); valuable table bird. 



123-265- (645). Numenius liudsonicns Lath. Hudsonian Curlew; Jack Curlew; 

 Short billed Curlew. 

 Very rare; " only two taken to my knowledge " (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); " never 

 seen in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully, by Dr. J. B. Steere 

 among Michigan migrants. 



