249. Marbled godwit. Limosa fedoa. Migrant; not common; a bird of the plains, but seldom seen; occasionally found in the mountains.
254. Greater yellow-legs. Totanus melanoleucus. Common migrant; in favorable localities below 8,000 feet.
255. Yellow-legs. Totanus flavipes. Common migrant; distribution same as preceding.
256. Solitary sandpiper. Helodromas solitarius. Summer resident; not common; in migration, common; breeds from plains to 10,000 feet.
258a. Western willet. Symphemia semipalmata inornata. Summer resident; not common; common migrant, especially in the fall; breeds from plains to 7,000 feet.
261. Bartramian sandpiper. Bartramia longicauda. Common summer resident; abundant in migration; a bird of the plains; rare west of mountains.
263. Spotted sandpiper. Actitis macularia. Abundant summer resident; breeds on the plains and at all intermediate altitudes to 12,000 feet, even on top of mountains of that height, if a lake or pond can be found; in fall, ranges above timber-line to 14,000 feet; some may remain throughout winter.
264. Long-billed curlew. Numenius longirostris. Common summer resident; breeds on the plains; also in Middle and South Parks; found on both sides of the range.
265. Hudsonian curlew. Numenius hudsonicus. Rare migrant; all records thus far from the plains; general range, North America.
270. Black-bellied plover. Squatarola squatarola. Migrant, not common; bird of plains below 5,000 feet; breeds far north.