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232. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say) — Long-billed Dowitcher. 



An irregular migrant, sometimes common. Aughey reported it 

 years ago under the name griseus as abundant. Found from the mid- 

 dle of April to the middle of May and throughout September and Oc- 

 tober and even into November. Dixon, Wayne, Nemaha, and 

 Sarpy counties, Omaha, West Point, Lincoln, Cherry county, North 

 Platte. Breeds in British America. 



233. Micropalama himantopus (Bonaparte) — Stilt Sandpiper. 



Usually considered a rare migrant, but has been seen at Lincoln at 

 times in large numbers, in May and again in September and October. 

 Omaha, West Point, Lincoln, Neligh, Holt county, Long Pine, Cherry 

 county. Breeds far north. 



234. Tringa canutus Linnaeus — Knot. 



Rare'. Aughey records a specimen from Brownville, Oct., 1874; 

 Trostler one from Omaha, Sept. 30, 1893; J. S. Hunter one from Bin- 

 coin, May 16, 1896; and August Eiche has a specimen in his collection 

 taken at Lincoln, Aug. 27, 1896. -Breeds in Arctic regions. 



239. Actodromas maculata (Vieillot) — Pectoral Sandpiper. 



A common migrant, seen late in April and in May and in Septem- 

 ber and October. Frequents fields and pastures and often called 

 "Grass Snipe." West Point, Lincoln, Peru, Omaha, Gresham, North 

 Platte, Cherry county. Breeds far north. 



240. Actodromas fuscicollis (Vieillot) — White-rtjmped Sandpiper. 



A rather common migrant, though not so numerous as the preced- 

 ing, and not so frequently reported. Seen at about the same time 

 though more inclined to linger even to June. Omaha, Peru, Lin- 

 coln, Fairbury, Cherry county. Also a breeder only to the north. 



241. Actodromas bairdii Coues — Baird Sandpiper. 



Ab abundant migrant, frequently lingering all summer, but only 

 breeding far to the north. The earliest sandpiper to appear in the 

 spring, sometimes as early as the middle of March, always by the first 

 of April, remaining in large flocks till the end of May, and here again 

 in fall migration from the middle of August till the end of October. 

 Throughout the state. 



242. Actodromas minutilla (Vieillot) — Least Sandpiper. 



An abundant migrant, also lingering, especially in northern Ne- 

 braska, throughout the summer. In June and early in July 1902, 

 Swenk found representatives of several species of shore birds along 

 the Niobrara river ; examination of sexual organs showed no evidence of 

 development except in this species, of which two pairs were seen about a 

 small pond acting as if breeding, and the ovaries of which showed 

 a marked development. Its usual breeding grounds are in British 

 America; Hatch claims that it also breeds in Minnesota. Migrating 

 from the end of March or first of April to the end of May, and from 

 early in August to November. Throughout the state. 



