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243a. Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieillot) — Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Rare. Recorded only from Omaha, where L. Skow took a speci- 

 men May 12, 1895', and from Lincoln, where specimens have been 

 taken by D. A. Haggard; by J. S. Hunter, May 16, May 30, and Nov. 

 7, 1896; and by August Eiche, May 22, 1899. Breeds far north. 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) — Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



A common migrant, usually in company with the Least Sandpiper! 

 and breeding in high latitudes. Reported from localities throughout 

 the state. Specimens in the collection of F. L. Riser, taken at Lincoln 

 are dated June 8 and July 8, 1897. 



[247. Ereunetes occidentalis Lawrence — Western Sandpiper. 



Reported once from Omaha by L. Skow. Though Nebraska 

 comes within the accepted range of the species, the identification 

 does not seem to be entirely beyond question.] 



248. Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus) — Sanderling. 



An irregular migrant, sometimes numerous. Reported from West 

 Point and Lincoln by Bruner, from Omaha by Trostler and Skow, 

 and from North Loup by D. H. Talbot; A. R. Graves took a specimen 

 at Alliance, April 6, 1892, and specimens from Lincoln are in the col- 

 lection of August Eiche, dated May 21 v 1895, Aug. 22, 1896, and Oct. 

 4, 1898. Chiefly maritime. 



249. Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus) — Marbled Godwit. 



A common migrant, found from the middle of April to the middle 

 of May, and from the end of August to early in October. West 

 Point, Omaha, Lincoln, Ashland, Gresham, and Cherry and Holt, 

 counties. Aughey also reports it from Cedar and Wayne counties, 

 and says it breeds in Nebraska, though so far as we know no nest 

 was ever found within our limits. His statement is probably the 

 basis for the inclusion of this state in the breeding range as given by 

 various authorities, but since the bird is known to have bred in Iowa, 

 Minnesota, and the Dakotas, and has been frequently seen here in 

 summer, it almost certainly breeds in Nebraska also. 



251. Limosa hasmastica (Linnaeus) — Hudsonian G odw1t - 



A rare migrant, and reported by but a few observers. Recorded 

 from West Point, Oakland, Lincoln, and Holt county, by Bruner; 

 J. S. Hunter and August Eiche have collected specimens nearly every 

 year in May at the lake near Lincoln. Breeds far north. 



254. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) — Greater Yellow-legs. 



A common migrant, from early in April to the middle of May and 

 from the end of August to November. Recorded from various lo- 

 calities west to Cherry county and North Platte. Reported in 

 Bruner's Notes on Nebraska Birds as breeding at Peru and in Holt 

 county. The former was probably an error, but Bruner has seen 

 this species in pairs in Holt county in summer, and since it has been 



