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Bartramian Sandpiper; Upland Plover; Field Plover ( Barfraiiiia longi- 

 cuiichi). A rather rare migrant and still rarer sunnner resident. It arrives 

 aliout tlie middle of .\pril and frequents fields and pastures. 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngitcs siibiitficollis) . A bird of the interior, 

 breeding in the far north and wintering in South America. It is very rare on 

 the Atlantic coast. Giraud records "a party of five" as seen in August and 

 September (N. T. Lawrence, Forest and Stream, X, 1879, p. 235) ; one was 

 taken in August at Montauk Point (Eerier, Bull, N. O. C, VI, 1880, p. 126) ; 

 Dutcher mentions an August specimen from Suffolk County and a midsummer 

 bird from Shinnecock Bay (Auk. VI, 1889, p. 136) ; and Braislin records a male 

 taken August 30, 1903 at Rockaway Beach (Auk, XXII, 1905, p. 169). 



♦Spotted Sandpiper; Tip-up (Actitis macularia). This is the common 

 Sandpiper so frequentl}^ seen on our ponds, streams and beaches, and is 

 one of the few members of this family which breeds here. It arrives about 

 April 25 and remains until October. 



Long-billed Curlew; Sickle-bill (Niiincnius loiigirosfris) . A rare and 

 irregular fall visitant. 



Hudsonian Curlew; Jack Curlew {Xuinciiiiis liiidsoniciis) . The Jack 

 Curlew, as it is locally known, is a not uncommon migrant in this vicinity. It 

 passes northward in Ala}-, and the southern migration occurs between the 

 middle of July and the first of October. 



Eskimo Curlew; Dough-bird; Fute (Nuiiiciiiiis borcalis). This species 

 has decreased in numl)crs during recent years and is believed by some orni- 

 thologists to be on the verge of extinction. There is but one record of its 

 recent occurrence, that of a male shot by R. L. Peavey at Rockaway Beach, L. 

 I., September 14, 1902 (Braislin, Auk, XXI, 1904, p. 289). 



F.\MiLY CHARADRIID.F:. plovers. 



Lapwing (Vanclhis vancllus). An Old World species, of accidental 

 occurrence in America. The only record for eastern North America south of 

 Greenland is that of a specimen shot at Merrick, L. I., December, 1883, 

 (Dutcher, Auk, III, 1886. p. 438). 



Black-bellied Plover ; Beetle-head (Sqiiatarola sqiiatarola) . A common 

 migrant, more numerous in the fall. It passes northward from about April 15 

 to June I, and the return migration occurs between x-Xugust t and N^ovember i. 



Golden Plover; Green-back (Charadrius doiiiiiiicus) . A rare spring and 

 common fall migrant, occurring chiefly in September. 



Kildeer (O.vyccliiis z'ocifcnis) . In the neighborhood of New York City 

 the Kildeer is a rare summer resident and not uncommon migrant. It arrives 

 in jNIarch and remains with us until November. 



Semipalmated Plover; Ring-neck (^^ifl/i7/,j scitiipaltnata) . The Ring- 

 neck is one of our most common shore-birds. It passes northward in May and 

 returns about July 15, the fall migration not being concluded untir October i. 



