OF ILLINOIS BIRDS 



Red-backed Sandpiper. T. 



V. 



Common, but possibly less 

 so than formerly. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 T.V. 



Occasional S. R., but do 

 not nest. T. V., regular 

 and common. 



Western Sandpiper. T.V. 



Of regular occurrence and 

 classed as common, but ap- 

 parently uncommon at the 

 present day. 



Sanderling. T.V. 



Common on shores of Lake 

 Michigan. 



Marbled Godwit. T.V. 



Rarely met with at present 

 time. The latest record for 

 the Chicago Area is May 

 15, 1889 (Brandler) and re- 

 cently ("The Auk," Jan. 

 1921, p., 110) reported by 

 Stoddard. 



Hudsonian Godwit. T.V. 



Now of very rare occur- 

 rence. 



So far as known, the most 

 recent records within our 

 limits are those of Brand- 

 ler, fall of 1889, for Cook 

 County, since reported by 

 Stoddard ("The Auk," Jan., 

 1931, p., 110), and later the 

 summer records of Wood- 

 ruff, June, 1893, for Lake 

 County. 



Greater Yellow-legs. T.V. 



Occasional S. R., and may 

 breed in N. 111. Fairly com- 

 mon T. V. 



§Yellow-legs. S.R., N. 



Very rare breeder, a T. V., 

 and possibly more plentiful 

 than the preceding. 



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