74 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Beaches and marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me.— Rare fall migrant. Aug. 7-Sept. 20 (Xov. 1, 1881, 

 Bangor) . 



N. H.— Rare fall migrant. Aug. 26-Sept 5. 



Mass. — Rare fall migrant. July 27-Oct. 1. 



R. I. — Rare fall migrant (seven records). Aug. 26-Sept. 17. 



CoNX.— Rare fall migrant: New Haven, Oct. 19, 1889, Oct. 28, 

 1887; Stratford, Xov. 3, 1888. 



142. PisoBiA MiNUTiLLA (Vieillot) A. O. U. comm. 



Least sandpiper; Bumble bee; Meadow ox-eye; Mud peep; 

 Peep; Wilson's sandpiper. 



Tringa miniitilla Vieill., Xouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1819, vol. 34, 

 p. 466. "ex Amerique jusqu'au dela du Cax.vda." Egg, 

 Seebohm, 1896, p. 149, pi. 44, fig. 8. 



Tringa pusilla Wils. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842. vol. 5, 

 p. 280, pi. 337. 



Marshes and mudflats; nests on the ground. 



Me.— Common migrant. May 13-24 (June); July 5-Oct. 1 



(Oct. 15). 



X. H.— Common migrant. Late May- June 3; July 10-Sept. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant. 



Mass.— Common migrant. (April 18) INIay 5-June 7; (sum- 

 mer) July 6-Sept. 21 (Oct. 13). 



R. I.— Common migrant. (April 25)-May 26; July 15-Oct. 



Coxx. — Common migrant. May- June; Aug.-Sept. 



143. Pelidxa alpina (Linn6) C. L. Brehm. 

 European dunlin. 



Sharpe, Cat. birds British mus., 1896, vol. 24, p. 602. Dresser, 

 Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 8, p. [21], pi. [548]. 



