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at. our bare legs, her feathers ruffled until she looked twice nat- 
ural size ; and used her beak with such good effect as to put us to 
flight momentarily. AVhen we mustered up courage to return 
we found the probable explanation of this behavior was that 
the eggs were just hatching. 
33. *Porzana Carolina. Sora. A common summer resident 
mid breeder. The plaintive note of this species was one of the 
most characteristic sounds of the summer evenings. 
34. *Gallinula galeata. Florida Gallinule. A common breed- 
ing species. 
35. *FuUca americana. Coot. This species is the most abun- 
dant breeding water-fowl in this region. Every small slough 
harbored at least one pair and nests could be found by the 
score in the larger cattail or wild Tice marshes. 
36. * Steganopus tricolor. Wilson Phalarope. An occasional 
migrant, rare summer resident, and possibly a breeding species. 
One pair remained all summer in 1910 near Webb. 
37. Gallinago delicata. Wilson snipe. Common migrant. 
38. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. An abundant 
migrant. 
39. Pisobia fuscicollis. White-rumped Sandpiper. While 
not so abundant as P. maculata this sandpiper was found in 
numbers during migrations. 
40. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. Common migrant. 
41. Ereuneies pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Also a 
common migrant but not usually so abundant as P. m in a t ilia. 
They were present in numbers along the Floyd river at Sheldon, 
on August 6-8, 1913. 
42. Tetanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. ' Common migrant. 
43. Helodromas solitarius solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. 
Common migrant. 
44. *Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. This species 
bred commonly in eastern Clay count}^. 
45. Act itis macular ia. Spotted Sandpiper. Nested commonly 
along the water courses and on the shores of the larger ponds. 
46. Oxyechus vociferus. Kildeer. One of the common 
breeding species of the region. They nested in the cornfields, de- 
positing their eggs on a few pebbles and bits of corn husks gath- 
ered together at the base of a hill of corn. 
