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Nest. Eggs are laid on a bed of dry leaves or on moss, with 

 no pretense of a nest. 



Eggs. 4. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. March 24, 1886, egg ready 

 for nest taken from bird (L. B. B.) ; March 29, 1898, four eggs 

 (Hill). Latest record. June 3, 1875, Norwich, four eggs 

 (C. L. R.).i 



The strange habit of grasping its young between its claws and 

 carrying it through the air in its flight has been noted both by 

 J. H. S., May 30, 1874, and by L. B. B., April 27, 1894. 



Albino. New Haven, Nov. 7, 1894, abdomen white, and rest 

 of plumage very pale, taken by J. B. Robertson. 



Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson's Snipe. 



A tolerably common spring and fall migrant in April, October 

 and November, but rapidly decreasing in numbers. Very rare 

 summer or winter resident. 



Spring migration. Average, March 25 to May 10. Earliest 

 record. New Haven, March 29, 1898, March 19, 1894 (H. W. 

 F.) ; Portland, March 18, 1874. Latest record. New Haven, 

 May 13, 1882; Portland, May 14, 1874, May 13, 1909. 



Fall migration. Average, Sept. i to Oct. 25. Earliest record. 

 New Haven, Sept. 18, 1895 ; Portland, Sept. i, 1892, 1893. Latest 

 record. New Haven, Dec. i, 1882; Portland, Dec. 7, 1877. 



Winter records. Feb. 4, 1872, Portland (W. W. C.) f Jan. 

 22, 1896, New Haven (L. B. B.). 



Summer records. Aug. 5, 1886, North Plaven (E. L. Mun- 

 son) ; Aug. 12, 1889, East Hartford, one found under a tele- 

 graph wire (W. E. T.), 



Breeding record. May 13, 1874, Portland, nest with three 

 eggs found and fully identified, since parent bird was on nest 

 (J. H. S. and W. W. C.)^ Several birds of this species were 

 in the meadow at the time and also on the following day, but we 

 saw only the one nest (J. H. S.). 



Macrorhamphus griseus griseus (Gmelin). Dowitcher. 

 Very rare ; now merely an accidental fall migrant in July and 

 August. 



* O. and O., ii, i, p. 2; and xiv, 11, p. 176. 



• Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 105. 



