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208. LIMOSA HUDSONICA. Sw. Hudsonian Godwit. Not very rare about 

 the lake. 



209. TOTANUS SEMIPALMATUS. Temm. Willet. Rare summer resident 

 on marshes and wet prairies. {Nelson.) 



210. TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS. Gmel. Greaier Yellow-Legs. Common 

 migrant and regular summer resident north, breeding about the river marshes. 

 {Nelson.) 



211. TOTANUS FLAVIPES. Gmel. Lesser Yelloiv- Legs. A rather common 

 spring and fall migrant, a few remaining to breed about the lake. 



212. TOTANUS SOLITARUS. Wils. Solitary Tattler. Common migrant 

 spring and fall. 



213. TRINGOIDES MACULARIUS. L. Spotted Tattler, Spotted Sandpiper, 

 Teeter-Tail. Common summer resident. 



214. ACTITURUS BARTRAMIUS. (Wils.) Field Plover. Common summer 

 resident. 



215. TRYNGITES RUFESCEUS. V. Bnff-Breasted Sandpiper. Very rare 

 m igr an t . ( Nelson . ) 



216. NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS. Wils. Long-Billed Curlezv. Uncom- 

 mon migrant and rare summer resident. [Nelsoft.) 



217. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Loth. Jack Curlew. Rare migrant with 

 the preceding. 



218. NUMENIUS BOREALIS, Loth, Esquimaux Curlew. In wet prairies 

 north, migrating with the golden plover. 



ORDER G. HERODIONES. 



{The Herons and Storks.) 



FAMLLY TANTALID^. The Ibises. 



219. TANTALUS LOCULATOR. L. Wood Ibis. "North to Ohio." 

 {Coues.) Undoubtedly in Southern Indiana as in Illinois. 



220. IBIS FALCINELLUS. Aud. Glossy Ibis. A very rare visitant about 

 Chicago. {Nelson.) 



TAMIL Y ARDEIDyE. The Herons. 



221. ARDEA HERODIAS. L. Great Blue Heron. In March and Octo- 

 ber during the migrations. 



222. ARDEA EGRETTA. Gm. Great White Egret, White Heron. Not un- 

 common. Summer visitant. 



223. ARDEA CANDIDISSIMA. Gm. Little U'hite Egret, Snowy Egret. 

 Not as common as the other. 



224. ARDEA C^F:RULEA. L. Little Blue Heron. Not uncommon in South- 

 ern Illinois, aud probably in Southern Indiana, 



225. ARDEA VIRESCENS. L. Green Heron. ''■Fly-u-b-the-creek:' Very 

 common summer resident, even breeding in orchards. {Langdon.) 



