AVES. 79 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Me. Common migrant and possibly a rare summer resident 

 in extreme north (Woolastook valley). Late April-May 19 

 (July) ; late July-Oct. 22. 



N. H. Common migrant, mainly coastwise. May; July 17- 

 Oct. 27. 



Vt. Uncommon migrant. May; fall. 



Mass. Common migrant mainly coastwise; a few non-breed- 

 ing birds rarely summer. (Mar. 27) April 4- June 16 (June 2S); 

 July 6-Nov. 12. 



R. I. Common migrant. (? Mar. 10) April 10-May 2(3; 

 July 20-Nov. 4. 



Conn. Common migrant. May 14-June 1 (June 13, 1898 

 New London); Aug-Nov. 15. 



152. Totanus flavipes (Gmelin) Vieillot. 



Yellow-legs; Lesser yellow-legs; Summer yellow-legs; Wan- 

 dering tattler. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 313, pi. 344. Egg, 

 Seebohm, 1896, p. 139, pi. 44, fig. 11. 



Scolopax flavipes Gmel., Syst. nat., 17SS, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 659. 

 "in Noveboraco." 



Salt and fresh marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. Rare spring and common fall migrant. May 16; late 

 July- (Oct. 17). 



N. H. Rare spring and common fall migrant. May; Aug.- 

 Sept. 4. 



Vt. Uncommon migrant. 



Mass. Rare spring and common early fall migrant. April 29- 

 June 2 (June 15); July 10-Sept. 29 (Oct. 11 and 30). 



R. I. Rare spring and common fall migrant. April 28; July 

 3-Oct. 1. 



Conn t . Rare spring and common fall migrant. May 7; Aug. 

 17-Oct. 



