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ON THE GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY 
Phalaropus Wilsonii, Sab. 
Wilson’s Phalarope. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 705. 
Quite abundant during the spring months, along the marshy bottoms and lakes of the 
Lower Missouri. 
Philohela minor, Gray. 
American Woodcock. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 709. 
Very rare south of the Missouri, though not uncommon near Council bluffs in the 
Northwest. We obtained one specimen near the mouth of Loup fork. 
Gallinago Wilsonii, Bonap. 
English Snipe. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 710. 
We saw this well-known bird quite rarely. A few were killed in low, marshy places, 
near the mouth of Loup fork, others in the Black hills. 
Thing a Wilsonii, Nuttall. 
Least Sandpiper. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 721. 
Observed in the Platte valley. Probably rare. 
Tringa Bonapartii, Schlegel. 
Bonaparte’s Sandpiper. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 722. 
More or less abundant throughout the watercourses of the Northwest. 
Ereunetes Petrificatus, Ill. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 724. 
Three specimens of the above species were collected along the Loup fork, and one near 
Bijoux hills on the Missouri river. 
Gambetta melanoleuca, Bonap. 
Tell-tale; Stone Snipe. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 731. 
More or less common along the watercourses of the West. 
Hhyacophilus solitarius, Bonap. 
Solitary Sandpiper. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 733. 
Abundant along the Missouri river and its tributaries. 
Tringoides macularius, Gray. 
Spotted Sandpiper. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 735. 
Abundant along the watercourses in the West. 
Actiturus Bartramius, Bonap. 
Field Plover. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 737. 
This bird is met with all over the high plains of the West, oftentimes at a great distance 
from any of the principal watercourses. It also rears its young on the upland prairies. 
