108 (J. IT. Merririm — Birds of Connectioiit. 



200. Totanus sem.ipalm.atus (Gmelin) Temminck. Willet; Tattler. 



A summer resident ; not common. Linsley tbmid it breeding at 

 Stratford, Conn. Mr. Grinnell has taken it, near Milford, late in the 

 summer, and Mr. W. W. Coe took a nest, containing three eggs, at 

 Madison, Conn., June 5th, 1873.* 



201. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) VieiUot. Greater Yellow-legs. 



Common during migrations. Arrives in May (May 14, 1874, Sage), 

 remaining till June (June 1, 1877, Sage). Found both coastwise and 

 in the interior. I first became acquainted with it at Yellowstone 

 Lake, where I killed four at one shot, Aug. 23d, 1872. 



202. Totanus flavipes (Gmelin) Vieillot. Lesser Yellow-legs. 



A common migrant. Killed one May 7th, 1877, on a fresh water 

 pond near Meriden, Conn. Returns about the middle of August 

 (Aug. 17, 1874, Hall). 



Note. — Totanus chloropUS Nilsson. Greon-shanlis. 



Linsley states tliat a specimen of this rare straggler was taken at 

 Stratford, Conn., in tlie autumn of 1842 f This is, so far as I am 

 aware, the only recorded instance of its ca])ture north of Fk)rida 

 (Audubon sliot three on Land Key, Fla., May 28, 1832),J where its 

 occurrence seems to be purely accidental, its pi'oper home being in 

 the "Old World;" and since Dr. Coues states that it was given by 

 Linsley "very possil)ly through an erroneous identification,"! I do 

 not feel justified in including it among the species ascertained to 

 occur within oui' limits. 



203. Totanus SOlitariuS (Wilson) Andubon. Solitary Tattler. 

 Common during the migrations. .Arrives early in May (May 2, 



1877), frequenting muddy ponds and sluggisli streams, in small flocks 

 of about half a dozen. Solitary individuals may be seen as late as 

 early June, (Coe; June 10, Grinnell). 



204. Tringoides maCUlariuS (Linne) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 



A common summer i-esident, arriving during the latter part of 

 April or first of May (May 1, 1S74, Sage). I once found its nest 



* MS. notes of W. W. Coe, Esq. 



f Am. Jour. Soi. and Arts, vol. xliv, Xo. 2 p. 2!;G, IsiH. 

 •j: Audubon's Birds of Nortli Ainerii/a, vol. v, p. ;'.21. 

 Proceed. Essex Inst., vol. v, p. 296, 1868. 



