. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 49 Genus GALLINAGO ^^i^}^:^ I ;j, Wilson's Snipe, reduced, l(H-230-(60S). (xaliiuago delicata (0/-d). * Wilson's Snipk: .Jack Snipp:; American Snipe. Common in April and October; throughout the state; not very rare in summer reported in Presque Isle and Muskegon Couaties: -'Mackinac Island" () "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); said to breed; "found breeding once" (Dr. M. Gibbs) nests on the ground, in May; eggs four, colors as above; prized as a game bird; •'I have seen it, but only as a migrant" (Dr.
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 49 Genus GALLINAGO ^^i^}^:^ I ;j, Wilson's Snipe, reduced, l(H-230-(60S). (xaliiuago delicata (0/-d). * Wilson's Snipk: .Jack Snipp:; American Snipe. Common in April and October; throughout the state; not very rare in summer reported in Presque Isle and Muskegon Couaties: -'Mackinac Island" () "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); said to breed; "found breeding once" (Dr. M. Gibbs) nests on the ground, in May; eggs four, colors as above; prized as a game bird; •'I have seen it, but only as a migrant" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); somewhat gregarious; this bird, according to Butler, is known as English Snipe. Jack Snipe. Common Snipe and Gutter Snipe. Genus MACKORHAMPHUS Leach. l02-232-(610). Macrorhanipliiis scolopaceiis {Scvj). Red-breasted Snipe; Gray Snipe; ; Gray-backed Snipe; Long-billed Dowitcher; Dow- ITCHER. Migrant; ''a small flock was seen in Kalamazoo county May 21, 18S8 " (Dr. M. Gibbs); " occasionally seen in Hillsdale and Lenawee counties" (); doubt- fully given as a Michigan migrant by Dr. J. B. Steere; " Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that it breeds in the Northern Peninsula; Davie, p. Ill, states that this species breeds on the border of Lake Superior and north; small flocks about marshes; excellent table bird. Genus MICROPALAMA Baird. 103-233-((>ll). Micropalama hiinantopus (Bonap.). Stilt Sandpiper. "Not rare some seasons near large bodies of water and occasionally taken in the interior" (Dr. M. Gibbs): Dr. J. B. Steere gives it as a doubtful Michigan migrant; " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that it breeds in the Northern Peninsula, which seems hardly probable. "Was taken near Lafayette. in spring of 1892; first Indiana record" (A. W. Butler). Genus TRINGA Linn. 104-234-(626). Tringa eanutiis Linn. Knot; Red-breasted Sandpiper; R
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