104 BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA. 



Piping Plover, (Charadrius melodus.) — Rare. 



American Ring Plover, (C. semipalmatus.) — Plenty: arrives in August; 

 leaves in October. 



Black-bellied Plover, (C. helveticus.) — Not common: arrives in August; 

 leaves in October. 



American Golden Plover, (C. marmoratus.) — Arrives in flocks about 15th. 

 of August. 



Turnstone, (Strepsilas interpres.) — Not common. 



Ash-coloured Sandpiper, f (Tringa Islandica.) — Abundant: August and 

 September. 



Bed-backed Sandpiper, (T. alpina.) — Abundant: August and September. 



Semi-palmated Sandpiper, (T. semipalmata.) — Abundant: August and 

 September. 



Little Sandpiper, (T. pusilla.) — Abundant: August and September. 



Pectoral Sandpiper, (T. pectoralis.) — Rare. 



Schinz's Sandpiper, (T. Schinzii.) — Not common. 



Sanderling Sandpiper, (T. arenaria.) — Abundant: August and September. 



* Willet, (Totanus semipalmatus.) — Very rare: breeds. 



Spotted Tattler, (T. macularius.) — Common; arrives beginning of May: 

 breeds. 



Solitary Tattler, (T. solitarius.) — Common. 



Yellow-shanks, (T. flavipes.) — Abundant: arrives beginning of July; leaves 

 by end of August. 



Tell-tale, (T. vociferus.) — Abundant: arrives later; leaves end of October. 



Hudsonian Godwit, (Limosa Hudsonica.) — Common: arrives about loth. 

 September; leaves end of October. 



Curlew Sandpiper, (Tringa subarquata.) — Not common. 



American Snips, (Scolopax Wilsonii.) — Common: arrives end of March, 

 or early in April; leaves middle of October. A few breed here. 



Bed-breasted Snipe, (S. novoboracensis.) — Common: August and September. 



American Woodcock, (Microptera Americana.) — Common: arrives about 

 17th. March; leaves about the end of October. Breeds here. 



Hudsonian Curlew, (Numenius Hudsonicus.) — Common: August and 

 September. 



* Long-billed Curlew, (N. longirostris.) — Very rare. 

 Esquimaux Curlew, (N. borealis.) — Not common. 

 Grey Phalarope, (Phalaropus Wilsonii.) — Rare. 



Canada Goose, (Anser Canadensis.) — Passes north 17th. March; returns 

 15th. October. 



* Brent Goose, (A. bernicla.) — Rare. 



* Snow Goose, (A. hyperboreus.) — Occasional. 



t The Plovers and Sandpipers leave from the middle to end of October, or before the frost. 



