NO. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 6l 



1897, New Haven, ten taken (Trowbridge) ; Dec. n, 1902, Port- 

 land (J. H. S.). 



Totanus flavipes (Gmelin). Yellow-legs. 



A common fall migrant on the coast; less common on the 

 inland waterways. 



Earliest record. New Haven, July 26, 1894. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 10, 1883. 



The young pass south in August and September, July 30 

 (1896) to Oct. 13 (1903). 



Spring records. May 7, 1877, near Meriden, on a fresh-water 

 pond (Merriam) ■* May 20, 1897, New Haven, one seen 

 (L. B. W. ). 



Summer record. July 21, 1900, North Haven, eighteen taken 



(H. W. R). 



Helodromas solitarius solitarius (Wilson). Solitary Sand- 

 piper. 



A tolerably common spring and fall migrant in May, August, 



and September. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 10, 



1898, April 29, 1905 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, May 1, 1905; Litch- 

 field, April 27, 1905 (E. S. W.). Latest record. New Haven, 

 May 26, 1882; Portland, May 19, 1909; Litchfield, May 31, 1892 



(E. S. W.). 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Aug. 7, 1903 ; 

 Portland, Sept. 8, 1887. Latest record, New Haven, Oct. 6, 1897; 

 Portland, Oct. 13, 1892. 



Unusual records. June 10 (Grinnell). 1 East Hartford, July 

 19, 1887, one shot, July 14, 1888 (W. E. T.). 



Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus (Gmelin). 



Willet. 



Connecticut records. Linsley found it breeding at Stratford. 

 Merriam 1 records that Grinnell took it late in the summer at Mil- 

 ford, and that W. W. C. took a nest containing three eggs at 

 Madison, June 5, 1873. An adult in the Linsley collection of the 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 108. 



