JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 



403 



Purple Sandpiper. 



November 7, 1871, which he states is preserved in the collection of 

 Dr. J. W. Velie. Mr. Frank M. Woodruff writes: "I have a specimen 

 of this bird taken at South Chicago, in June, 1895. This with Dr. J. W. 

 Velie's specimen taken November 7, 1891 (sic), are the only records 

 I can find of the Purple Sandpiper in Cook County." (The Auk, 

 Vol. XIII, 1896, p. 1 80.) Kumlien and Hollister (Birds of Wisconsin, 

 1903, p. 45) state: "In the collection of the Oshkosh Normal School 

 is a specimen which is said to have been taken at Bay View (Door 

 County), in May, 1881." Dr. Hoy gives it in his list of Wisconsin 

 birds (1853) as "greatly abundant from i$th of April to 2oth of 

 May." This would seem very unlikely. 



Genus PISOBIA Billberg. 



1 14. Pisobi-a maculata (VIEILL.). 

 PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maculata Vieill., A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 88. 



Local names: Grass-snipe. Grass Bird. 



Distr.: The whole of North America, breeding in the Arctic 

 regions; south in winter to West Indies and South America. 



Adult in summer: Head and upper parts, dark brown, the feathers 

 edged with tawny; throat and belly, white; breast, pale brown, the 



