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in Iowa about the 1oth of May; remains all 
Summer. Never found it breeding. 
Gambetta Flavipes.—Bonap. 
Yellow Legs. 
Very abundant along the sea coast in Autumn 
from New York south to Georgia. Very plenty 
in Iowa in the month of May, where it breeds. 
Four eggs. Nests on the ground. 
Rhyacophilus Solitarius —Bonap. 
Solitary Sand-piper. 
This bird frequents swamps in timbered land. 
Have found it in the mountains of Pennsylvania 
and west to Iowa. Ihave found it breeding in 
May, It makesits appearance in April,-and com- 
mences to lay about the last of the month. 
Found its nest on the first of May, with two 
eggs. It lays four generally. Have found sev- 
eral nests with four. 
Tringoides Macularius.—Gray. 
Spotted Sand-piper. 
Very abundant from Delaware to Maine. 
Never found but one specimen as far west as 
Iowa. 
Actiturus Bartranuus.—Bonap. 
Field Plover. 
Very abundant in Iowa and Minnesota, where 
it breeds during the month of May. It leaves 
