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Photo by A. M. Bailey. 
The Avocet breeds on the Coastal Prairies. 
WILLET (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus). Common 
on the coastal prairies. 
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius americanus americanus). Rather 
common on the coastal prairies. 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (Totanus melanoleucus). Flock of 10 seen 
June 13 on prairie pond at east end of Loma del Muerto, Boca Chica- 
Brownsville road.” 
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Totanus flavipes). Flock of 7 seen June 13, 
on coastal prairie pond. 
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (limnodromus priseus  scolopaceus). 
Flock of 15 in winter plumage seen June 13.° 
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (Hreunetes pusillus). Flock of fifty 
seen on June 15 on coastal lagoon near Horsehead Island. 
AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana). Three observed on June 13 
and six on June 15 near Horsehead. 
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus). Apparently 
common throughout the region. Adults with one young observed 
south of Harlingen on June 14. 
LAUGHING GULL (Larus atricilla). Common on the coast. 
“See Season Report, Rio Grande Delta Region, by L. Irby Davis, Bird- 
Lore, vol. 39, 1937, p. 324; gives list of 26 species noted by the writer with 
Mr. Davis on June 13. Of these nine were northern species staying in 
summer within their winter ranges. 
