BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



49. Wilson's Snipe. Gallinago delicata. A migrant, not com- 



mon. Mr. Stevens sees or shoots them now and then, 

 usually finding a single bird, but he has seen as many as 

 six at a time. One October I picked up one dead under 

 a wire, Mr. Austin has frequently shot them. 



50. Least Sandpiper. Actodromas minutilla. A migrant, not 



common, occurring chiefly along the shores of the larger 

 lakes. Mr. Woodruff saw a number at Bantam Lake 

 between May 18 and 23, 1905. 



51. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Ereunetes pusillus. Probably 



occurs about as the preceding, but the two are confounded 

 by most people. Mr. Woodruff and his brother, L. B. 

 Woodruff, identified one at close range on the beach of 

 Bantam Lake, Aug. 21, 1893. Mr. Stevens described to 

 me three which he saw on a marsh along the Housatonic 

 River in late April, 1907, which I think were of this species. 



52. Greater Yellow-legs. Totanus melanoleucus. A migrant, 



not common. Mr. Woodruff has noted occurrences in 

 Litchfield from May 23 to June 9, and on Oct. 30, 1905. 

 Mr. Stevens has taken and seen several in Canaan in 

 September, and Mr. Williams sees them quite frequently 

 in the fall. 



53. Lesser Yellow-legs. Totanus flavipes. A rare migrant. Mr. 



Stevens repeatedly saw a small flock feeding on a flat 

 along the Housatonic River during a whole week in late 

 August, 1907. Mr. Austin saw a flock of seven by Mud 

 Pond, Kent, in August, 1902. Mr. Williams has met with 

 but one specimen, about eight years ago, in September. 



54. Solitary Sandpiper. Helodromas solitarius. A fairly com- 



mon migrant in spring and fall. 



55. Bartramian Sandpiper, or Upland Plover. Bartramia longi- 



cauda. Once quite common, but now scarce. A few 

 scattering ones appear as migrants, and now and then a 

 pair breed. In May, 1902, Mr. Hanson found a pair in a 

 field, in Torrington, evidently breeding, for on two occa- 

 sions they made a great fuss. He usually sees a few each 

 fall. Mr. Williams has not seen any since three or four 



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