loo ('. II. Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



190. Tringa mirmtilla Vieillot. Least Sandpiper. 



A common migrant. Maritime. Found along the shore in May 

 and early June, and again in August and September. 



191. Tl'inga maculata Yieillot. Pectoral Sandpiper ; Jack Snipe. 



Common during migrations. Mr. Coe tells me that it is common 

 in fall as far up the Connecticut as Middletown. Arrives from the 

 north early in August (Ang. 6, 1873, Hall). 



192. Trillga fuscicollis Vieillot. Bonaparte's Sandpiper; White-rumped 



Sandpiper. 



Not rare during migrations, though Linsley took only two speci- 

 mens at Stratford, Conn. Dr. Hall has taken it late in August (Aug. 

 31, 1874). 



193. Trillga maritima Brunnich. Purple Sandpiper. 



Not uncommon during the migrations. Many winter on the islands 

 along the coast. Not found by Linsley. Captain Brooks writes me 

 from Faulkner's Island that "Purple Sandpipers come here in early 

 fall and stay till spring," and that they are common and get to be 

 quite tame. 



194. Trillga alpina, var. Americana. Cassin. Dunlin; "Ox-Bird." 

 A common migrant ; a few may winter. 



195. Trillga SUbarquata (Guld) Temminck. Curlew Sandpiper. 



A rare visitor along our coast. Mr. Josiah G. Ely writes me that 

 one was shot near Saybrook, Conn., some time ago, and I am informed 

 by Dr. D. Crary, of Hartford, that a specimen of this species was 

 killed, Oct. 3d, 1859, at Keeny's Cove, on the Connecticut River, in 

 East Hartford (Hockanum), Conn. Also, Dr. E. L. R. Thompson, of 

 this city, tells me that he shot three Curlew Sandpipers on the Quin- 

 nipiac River (near New Haven) in June, 1874. Dr. Wm. O. Ayres, 

 now of Easthampton, Long Island, writes me that he ''killed it once 

 at Miller's Place, L. I., in 1839,"* and it has also been taken in Mas- 

 sachusetts.! 



* See also Giraud's Birds of Long Island, 1844. 



f Catalogue of the Birds of New England. By T. M. Brewer, p. 13. 1875. 



