492 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. \rol.Y. 



JEgialitis meloda. Piping Plover. — Quite common in some portions 

 of the State; migrant. 



H^MATOPODID^. 

 Strbpsilas inteepees. Turnstone. — Migrant; not rare. 

 EECUEYIEOSTEID^. 



HiMAi^TOPUS NIGEICOLLIS. Stilt. — Eare ; transient. 



PHALAEOPID^. 



Steganopus "WILSONI. Wilson's Phalarope. — Common during spring 

 migrations; a few remain during summer ; breeds. 

 LOBIPES HTPEEBOEEUS. Northern Phalarope. — Eare visitor. 



SCOLOPACID^. 



Philohela mince. American Woodcock. — Common from March to 

 November ; a generally distributed species ; breeds. 



Gallinago wrLSONi. American Snipe. — Common during spring and 

 autumn ; a few remain during summer ; found breeding in Saint Joseph 

 County, 42°, by Mr. Eugene Beerstecher. 



Maceoehamphus GEiSETJS. Bcd-breasted Snipe. — ^Migrant; not rare 

 in spring. 



Miceopalma himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. — ^Not rare some seasons 

 near large bodies of water. 



Eebtjnetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Common migrant. 



Teinga 5IINUTILLA. Least Sandpiper. — Very common in spring and 

 autumn ; some remain during summer ; breeds. 



Teinga maculatA. Orass Snipe. — ^Very common migrant. 



TkingAbonapaetii. White-rumped Sandpiper. — Kot common; sum- 

 mer sojourner in 45° 20' IST. 



Teinga alpina ambeicana. Bed-McTced Sandpiper. — Migrant ; not 

 common; a few taken in spring. 



Teinga subaequata. Curlew Sandpiper. — Eare visitor ; one taken 

 in 1870, according to Hon. D. D. Hughes, Ornithology of Michigan, MSS. 



Teinga canutus. Bed-breasted Sandpiper. — Eare migrant. 



Calideis aeenaeia. Sanderling. — Common on the shores of the 

 great lakes; migrant. 



LmosA PEDOA. Oreat Marbled Godwit. — Taken occasionally near De- 

 troit and along the edges of the great lakes ; migrant. 



LiMOSA H-S]MASTICA. Mudsonian Godwit. — Two specimens secured. 



TOTANTJS SEMiPALMATTJS. WHlet. — Eare migrant ; two specimens in 

 the collection of C. W. Gunn, Grand Eapids. 



ToTANUS MELANOLEUCUS. Greater Tellow-shanJcs. — Common mi- 

 grant. 

 - ToTANUS FLAVIPES. Lesser Yellow-shanks.— AbvLTida,ut migrant. 



