44 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Genus PHALAROPUS Brisson. 

 Subgenus PHALvVROPUS. 



96. (223). Phalaropus lobatus (i>Mi?i.). Northern Phalarope. 

 Quite common as a migrant along the coast and of accidental 



occurrence in the interior. It nests north of our limits. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; Franklin, "acciden- 

 tal" (Richards) ; Hancock, (Dorr) ; Knox, "migrant" (Norton) ; Penob- 

 scot, "one taken bj^ Mr. Fuller of Newport" (Hardy) ; Piscataquis, "one 

 shot on the Sebec River, near Milo, May 3, 1897, and sent me in the flesh 

 by William Cooper" (Knight) ; Sagadahoc, "common" (Spinney) ; Wash- 

 ington, "plenty spring and fall" (Boardman). 



Genus STEGANOPUS Vieillot. 



97. (224). Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's Phalarope. 

 An accidental visitor to this state. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "rare, three taken near Scarborough, 

 on June 9th, 1891" (Smith's List of the Birds of Maine, Forest and 

 Stream, Vol. 20, p. 124). 



Family RECURVIROSTRIDJE. Avocets and Stilts. 

 Genus RECURVIROSTRA Linnreus. 



98. (225). Recurvirostra americana (xme/. American Avocet. 

 An accidental visitor from the west of which there is one record. 



Mr. Boardman has taken it near Calais but in New Brunswick. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "one killed on Cape Elizabeth, Novem- 

 ber 5th, 1878" (Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 4, p. 108). 



Family SCOLOPACID^. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 

 Genus PHILOHELA Gray. 



99. (228). Philohela minor {GmeL). American Woodcock. 

 A common summer resident throughout the state. It arrives in 



late March or early April. In the fall individuals are occasionally 

 seen as late as the middle of November. 



Countj' Records. Androscoggin, "common summer resident" (John- 

 sou) ; Aroostook, "seen at Fort Fairfield and Houltou" Batch- 

 elder, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 151) ; Cumberland, "com- 

 mon summer resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Swain) ; Hancock, "summer resident" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "sum- 

 mer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer" (Racklift) ; Oxford, 

 "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "breeds commonly in suitable 

 localities" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagada- 

 hoc, "common summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "quite common 

 migrant, rare summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washing- 

 ton, "plenty, breeds early" (Boardman) ; York, "rare breeder" (Adams). 



