34 BULLETIN 794, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Smith Lake, June 10; Whitewater Lake, June 10; Molly Marsh, June 11, all 
in eastern Cherry County; Post (Clapper) Lake, Brown County, June 13; Red 
Willow Lake, June 16; Swan Lake, Garden County, June 21; Jones Lake, 
Garden County, June 21; and on several of the other lakes throughout the 
sandhills. It occurred in summer chiefly about the lakes, where it frequented 
usually the marshes about their borders. Occasionally it was in flocks of con- 
siderable size, as on Pelican Lake and on Moon Lake, as above noted. 
In eastern Cherry County, 3 were seen between Wood Lake and Dewey Lake 
on October 5 ; 1 on Red Deer Lake, October 6 ; 10 on Dewey Lake, October 12, 
and others at different times on this lake ; and 1 on Moon Lake, Brown County, 
October 10. 
WILSON PHALAROPE. Steganopus tricolor. 
The dainty appearance and ducklike habits of this little wader at once 
attract the attention of even the casual observer. In Garden County it goes 
by the name " straw." It frequents chiefly the meadows and marshes about 
the lakes, though it often alights out on the water itself, particularly near the 
shore. Occasionally it appears along the streams, especially those that have 
marshy borders. 
This is by considerable the most numerous breeding shore bird in the sand- 
hill country, though it is not quite so universally distributed as the killdeer. 
It was. however, found commonly or abundantly at all the groups of lakes 
visited, being most abundant at Phalarope Lake. Garden County, June 22 ; 
Pelican Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 10 ; Ballard Swamp, June 8 ; North 
and Middle Marsh, June 8; Foster Lake, June 9; Belsky Lake, June 12; and 
Trout Lake, June 9 and 11. It was common also at South Cody Lake, June 1 ; 
Dewey Lake, June 3 to 18 ; Long Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 5; Dads 
Lake, June 7; Muleshoe Lake, June 7; Big Lake, June 7; Red Deer Lake, 
June 8; Big Alkali Lake, June 9; Smith Lake, June 10; Sweetwater Lakes, 
June 12 ; Middle Lake, June 12 ; Duck Lake, near the head of the North Loup 
River, June 16 ; the Hague Lakes, Morrill County, June 21 ; Alkali Lake, 
Garden County, June 21 ; and at many of the other lakes of the region. 
AMERICAN AVOCET. Recurvirostra americanu. 
The avocet, though formerly occurring over all the sandhill region, was not 
observed, except at the lakes of Garden and Morrill Counties. Here it was 
tolerably common in summer, though irregularly distributed. We noted it as 
follows : the Hague Lakes, June 21 ; Wild Goose Lake, June 21 ; Young Lake, 
June 21 ; Moffitt Lake, June 21 ; Swan Lake, June 21 ; Jones Lake, June 21 ; 
Alkali Lake, June 21; a small lake near Trainor Lake, June 22; a small lake 
near the Peterson Lakes, June 22 ; and Phalarope Lake, June 22. 
One was seen at Reno Lake, Garden County, October 14, 1915. 
* WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Pisobia fuscicolUs. 
One, on Gordon Creek a few miles north of Simeon, on June 3, was the only 
individual observed. 
* BAIRD SANDPIPER. Pisobia bairdii. 
Two were seen along the shore of Coleman Lake, eastern Cherry County, 
on June 10, but the species was not otherwise noted. 
* LEAST SANDPIPER. Pisobia minutilla minutilla. 
A single bird seen on the upper part of Gordon Creek a few miles north of 
Simeon, June 3, is the only record. 
