AVES 75 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Tringa alpina Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 149. "in 

 Lapponia." Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 144, pi. 43, figs. 7, 9. 

 Beaches and marshes; nests on the ground. 



Mass. Accidental from Old World: Chatham, Aug. 11, 1900. 



144. Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieillot) Buturlin. 



American dunlin; Black-bellied sandpiper; Black-breast; 

 Brant-bird; Crooked-billed snipe; Fall snipe; Lead-back; 

 Ox-bird; Ox-eye; Red-back; Red-backed sandpiper. 



Scolopax sakhalina Vieill., Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1816, vol. 3, 

 p. 359. "en Russie." 



Tringa alpina Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 p. 266, pi. 332. 



Beaches and marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. Rare spring and commoner fall migrant coastwise 

 Late May; Oct .-Nov. 17. 



N. H. Uncommon coastwise migrant. 



Mass. Rare spring and common fall migrant coastwise. 

 (?Mar. 15) late April-May 20 (June IS); Sept. 1-Dec. 13 (Dec. 

 24). 



R. I. Rare spring and common fall migrant coastwise. May; 

 Aug. 29-Oct. 29. 



Conn. Rare spring and common fall migrant; "may winter." 



145. Erolia ferruginea (Brunnich) A. O. U. coram. 

 Curlew sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea Briinn., Ornith. bor., 1764, p. 53. "Islandia 

 & Christiansoe" Island. 



Tringa subarquata Temm. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 269, pi. 333. 



Seacoasts and tundras; nests on the ground. 



