BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 21 
Suspcenus ARQUATELLA. 
93. Purple Sandpiper. 
(Tringa maritima.) 
A very rare visitor from the sea coast, usually occurring late in 
the autumn. 
SuscEnus ACTODROMAS. 
94. Pectoral Sandpiper. (Grars Plover.) 
(Tringa maculata.) 
A common autumn visitor to our marshes and sandbars. Not 
observed by me in the spring. 
Arrives in July, departs about the end of October. 
95. White-rumped Sandpiper. 
(Tringa fuscicollis.) 
Rather an uncommon species. Possibly breeding, as I have found 
them here from the middle of June to the middle of October. 
96. Baird’s Sandpiper. 
(Tringa bairdii.) 
A regular and not uncommon autumn visitor in the neighbour- 
hood of Toronto and at Dundas. Not seen in spring. 
Arrives in July, departs early in October. 
97. Least Sandpiper. (Stint.) 
(Tringa minutilla.) 
Common spring and autumn visitor, arriving about the twentieth 
of May, departing early in September. 
The bulk of these birds go north to breed, but I think some few 
nest throughout their range in this Province, for some few pairs are 
always to be found on our sandy beaches all through the summer. 
SUBGENUS PELIDNA. 
98. Red-backed Sandpiper. (Black-heart Plover.) 
(Tringa alpina pacifica.) 
A very abundant visitor in the spring, arriving about the twenti- 
eth of May and departing northward about the end of the first week 
in June. 
In the autumn they are much less abundant, the bulk going south 
by another route. The first arrive early in October and by the end of 
the first week in November the last has gone. 
