106 (.1. H. MerrUmi — Birds of (Jonnecticut. 



190. Tringa minutilla Yieillot. Least Sandpiper. 



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

 and early June, and again in August and September. 



191. Tringa maculata Yieillot. Pectoral Sandpiper ; Jack Snipe. 



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

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

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



192. Tringa fascicollis Vieillot. Bonaparte's Sandpiper; Wliite-runiped 



Sandpiper. 



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

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

 31, 1874). 



193. Tringa 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 tliat " Purple Sandpipers come here in early 

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

 quite tame. 



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

 A common migrant ; a few may winter. 



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



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

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

 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 (Ilockanum), Conn. Also, Dr. E. L. K. Thompson, of 

 this city, tells me that he shot three Curlew Sandpipers on the (^uin- 

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

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

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

 sachusetts.f 



* See also Giraud's Birds of Long Island, 1 844. 



•j- Catalogue of the Birds of New England. By T. M. Brewer, p. 13. 1875. 



