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Louis, Mo., October 10 ; and at Bonham, Tex., November 3. The bulk 

 arrived at Saint Louis, Mo., October 16, and the species was still there 

 November 3, 



231. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmelin.) [527.] Dowltclier ; Bed-breasted Snipe. 



A bird of eastern North America, breeding far North, and migrating 

 chiefly in the Atlantic region. A few sometimes migrate through the 

 Mississippi Valley, where they have been taken in Illinois. But the 

 common Dowitcher of the Mississippi Valley is the following species, 

 Macrorhamphus scolopaceus, under which all the migration records have 

 been placed, though it is impossible to say that none of them belong to 

 the present species. 



232. Macrorhampus scolopaceus (Say). [527 a .] Long-billed Dowitcher. 

 Winters from the Gulf coast southward ; migrates through the Missis- 

 sippi Valley, and breeds in British America. Colonel Goss says it is a 

 common migrant in Kansas. But few records of its movements were 

 received. In 1884 its arrival in central Texas was noted March 15, and 

 in southern Minnesota the last of April, while the bulk reached Ver- 

 million, Dak., the first week in May. 



In the spring of 1885 the only records received were of its arrival at 

 Paris, 111., April 5; Mount Carmel, Mo., April 26, and Emporia, Kans., 

 May 1. 



233. Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). [528.] Stilt Sandpiper. 



Rather a rare bird in the Mississippi Valley, where it occurs during 

 its passage from its winter home to its breeding grounds in the far 

 North. It was not noticed during the spring migration in 1884 or 1885. 

 On its return in 1885 it was shot at Lanesboro, Minn., August 20, and 

 at San Angelo, Tex., September 3. At the latter place it was common 

 during the fall migration. 



234. Tringa canutus Linn. [529.] Knot; Robin Snipe. 



Breeds within the Arctic Circle ; in migration abundant along the 

 Atlantic coast, but rare in the Mississippi Valley. Noted from Mani- 

 toba, Kansas, Nebraska, and Illinois; and has been taken once by Dr. 

 Hvoslef, at Lanesboro, Minn., this being the first record for that State. 



235. Tringa maritima Briinn. [530.] Purple Sandpiper. 



A northern species, migrating southward in winter, chiefly along the 

 Atlantic coast; found rarely on the Great Lakes. It was killed on Lake 

 Michigan, near Chicago, November 7, 1871. (Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., 

 Vol. VIII, p. 127.) 



239. Tringa maculata Vie ill. [534.] Pectoral Sandpiper ; Jack Snipe. 



Breeds in the far North. A common and well-known migrant, from 

 the Gulf of Mexico to Manitoba. In the spring of 1884 it seems to have 

 been overlooked, since it was reported only from Saint Louis, March 

 17. A " Jack Snipe " was reported from Oak Point, Manitoba, April 22. 



