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Subgemis HELODROMAS Kaup. 



117. (256). Totanus solitarius ( TF//s.). Solitary Sandpiper. 



A common migrant throughont the state. A few individuals 

 remain through the summer in the northern counties, and while 

 they doubtless breed I cannot positively state that such is the case. 



Couut.v Records. — Audr()scoo;giti, ■'•common migrant" (Johuson) ; 

 Ciunherland, "common'' (Brock); Franklin, "common migrant" (Rich- 

 ards) ; Kennebec, "quite common" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer" 

 (Rackliff); Oxford, "not common at Norway" (Verrill's List of the 

 Birds of Norwaj') ; Penobscot, "common migrant, several individuals 

 were seen on Pushaw Stream, June 8, 1894, and also seen in the same 

 localities in summers of 1895 and 1896" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "rare" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "not plenty, a few in early fall" (Spinney) ; Som- 

 erset, "common migrant"(Morrell) ; Washington, "common" (Boardmau). 



Genus SYMPHEMIA Rafinesque. 



118. (258). Symphemia semipalmata ((rjneL). AVillet. 



A rare migrant along the coast, chiefly occurring in late summer 

 and autumn. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; Knox, "rare in sum- 

 mer" (Rackliflt') ; Sagadahoc, "quite rare, one taken October 25, 1896" 

 (Spinney); Washington, "rare" (Boardman). 



Genus PAVONCELLA Leach. 



119. (260). Pavoncella puguax (Zoi?;.). Ruff. 



An accidental visitor from Europe, of which two specimens have 

 been taken in the state, and a third one just over the boundary 

 at Grand Menan, by Mr. Boardman. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "Scai'borough, April 10, 1870" (Smith's 

 List of the Birds of Maine, Forest and Stream, Vol. 20, p. 85) ; Oxford, 

 *'one taken September 8, 1874, at Upton" (Brewster, Bull. Xutt. Oru. 

 Club, Vol. 1, p. 19). 



Genus BARTRAMIA Lesson. 



120. (261). Bartramia longicauda (^Bechst.). Bartrainian 

 Sandpiper. 



A common migrant throughout the state and quite a cominou 

 summer resident in the interior counties. 



