52 CONTEIBUTIONS FROM THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM. 



Africa, etc., but it breeds only in the Arctic regions. Capt. H. 

 W. Feilden obtained a nest and two eggs of this species in Grin- 

 nell Land, latitude 82° 33' N. on June 24, 1876. 



106. Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled Godwit. 



Audubon ' states that this species "breeds in South Carolina, ' ' 

 but he mentions no authority for this statement. The fact is 

 that the Marbled Godwit never bred in South Carolina, nor is it 

 likely that it will breed there as it is one of the very rarest of 

 birds at the present time on this coast. I have seen perhaps 

 twenty individuals during the past twenty-five years, and of 

 that number I secured two specimens, as follows: No. 443, Nov- 

 ember 3, 1884, female, Mount Pleasant; No. 1023, October 9, 

 1885, male, Sullivan's Island. Both of these specimens were 

 taken in the extensive mud flat which, at low tide, extends from 

 the Mount Pleasant shore to Sullivan's Island. 



This species breeds from Iowa to the Saskatchewan River 

 region, and winters as far south as the Argentine Republic. It 

 is rare on the Atlantic coast. 



107. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). Greater Yellow-legs. 

 The Greater Yellow-legs is found in every month of the year, 



and is therefore a permanent resident, but it does not breed. It 

 is most abundant during the migrations in April and May, when 

 thousands can be heard and seen almost any day. Like most 

 of the waders, this species is a bird of the tidal flats and feeds as 

 soon as the water leaves the mud banks, but upon the banks being 

 covered by the flood tide it resorts to the marshes and coast is- 

 lands. About the middle of April a few birds have acquired 

 their breeding plumage, but it is not until the last of that month 

 or the first week in May that the majority are in their perfect 

 summer dress. These birds appear to migrate in a northwest- 

 erly direction and are calling incessantly during the whole time 

 they are in flight. They are common during the entire winter. 

 The Greater Yellow-legs breeds from Minnesota and Anti- 

 costi northward. 



108. Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs. 



This species is a transient visitant, arriving during the second 

 week in March, in winter plumage, and moulting while here 



' V, 333. 



