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times in spring flocks of other shore birds, but no specimens 

 have been taken. 



Calideis leucophaea (Pallas). Sanderling. 

 Occasional migrant. 



A small flock of six Sanderlings was seen on March 21, 1902, 

 and a single specimen was taken on April 17, 1902. There are no 

 further local data for this species. 



LiMOSA FEDOA (Linn.). Marbled Godwit. 

 Rare migrant. 



This large wader, though formerly common, has become quite 

 rare. A small flock was seen on the river April 18, 1911. Two 

 specimens in the Bankers collection were taken May 8, 1908. 



LiMOSA HABMASTiCA (Linn.). Hudsonian Godwit. 

 Rather rare migrant. 



The Hudsonian Godwit is occasionally seen in small flocks on 

 the Missouri River. A group of nine finely mounted birds in 

 the Bankers collection were taken on that farm May 15, 1910. 

 A few birds were seen April 20, 1911, and a flock of twelve were 

 observed on April 28, 1916. 



Tot ANUS melanoleucus (Gmelin). Greater Yellow-legs. 

 Fairly common migrant. 



The Greater Yellow-legs arrive from the south from the 18th 

 to 22nd of March, becoming fairly common between April 10th 

 and 20th and are rarely seen after the first of May (two late 

 dates are May 6, 1914, and May 9, 1914). They are found here 

 irregularly in the fall from the first of September to the middle 

 of November. 



ToTANUS flavipes (Gmclin). Yellow-legs. 

 Fairly abundant migrant. 



The pleasing double and triple whistle of the Yellow-legs is 

 to be heard on all sides in favorable places when the spring 

 flight is at its height, usually from the 12th to 25th of April. 

 The migration dates are about the same as for the preceding 

 species, except that it remains a little longer on the northward 

 flight and arrives earlier on the return, usually about the mid- 

 dle of August. 



An exceptionally heavy flight during the latter part of April, 



