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Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



A rare straggler in the fall. 



Merriam 1 (1877) records that J. G. Ely reports two killed 

 near S ay brook " a few years ago," and Dr. Crary has one in his 

 collection shot near Hartford " some years ago." 



Sept. 6, 1889, Quinnipiac Marshes, North Haven, a young 

 male taken (E. L. Ivlunson, in coll. of Porter) ; Sept. 30, 1895, 

 same place, a young male (C. C. Trowbridge). 



Actitis macularia (Linnaeus). Spotted Sandpiper. 

 A common summer resident from May to August, the adults 

 almost all going south before the middle of July. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 22, 1889, 1903; Portland, 



April 18, 1899. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 27, 1882 ; Portland, Oct. 



i5> !895. 



Nest. Eggs laid in a field of grain, the grass of a meadow, 



or a clump of weeds, usually not far from the water. 



Eggs. 4; laid early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 24, 1897, four eggs 

 (Hill). Latest record. June 19, 1893, four eggs (Watrous) ; 

 July 2, 1904, two eggs, almost hatched, but deserted (L. B. B.). 



Numenius americanus Bechstein. Long-billed Curlew. 



The only records for this species in addition to Linsley' s record 

 of taking it at Stratford appear in Merriam: 1 Capt. Brooks, 

 Faulkner's Island, reported that " occasionally one stops here in 

 the fall;" summer, 1873, Milford, seen by Grinnell; Saybrook, 

 sometimes occurs in the fall, but rare (J. N. C.) ; taken near Hart- 

 ford (Dr. Crary). 



A young bird of this species is in the Linsley collection of the 



Bpt. Sci. Soc. 



Numenius hudsonicus Latham. Hudsonian Curlew. 

 A rare straggler in spring and fall. 



Connecticut records. Linsley took it at Stratford, and Dr. 

 Crary at Hartford. 1 Shot at Lyme, Sept. 27, 1853, by J. C. Com- 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 109. 



