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Genus symphemia. 

 S. semijpalmata (Gmel.). Willet, 



Middlebury, Mead. 



Genus bartramia. 



B. longicauda (Becli.). Bartram's Sandpiper. 

 Usually a not common spring and fall migrant. It sometimes 



remains through the summer, however, as Mr. Evans writes "A 

 pair nested in Townshend for several years." 



Genus tryngites. 

 T. siibruficollis (Vieill). Buffbreasted Sandpiper. 

 Spring and fall migrant. Not common. 



Genus actitis. 

 A. macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Very common on the shores of Lake Champlain and elsewhere. 

 Summer resident. 



Family charadriidae. plovers. 

 Genus charadrius. 



C. squatarola (Linn.). Blackbellied Plover. 

 Lunenburg, Balch. Middlebury, Mead. Migrant. 



C. dominicus (Mull). American Golden Plover. 

 Lunenburg, Balch. Both this and the preceding species are 

 given in Dr. Cutting's list. They are only seen on rare 

 occasions. 



Genus iEoiALiTis. 



^. vocifera (Linn.). Kill deer. 

 Fall and spring migrant, tt is also reported as sometimes 

 nesting here. 



^. dubia (Scop.). Little Ring Plover. 

 Very rare. Conger. 



J^. meloda (Ord.). Piping Plover. 

 Not common. Migrant. " Occasionally breeds."— Eoss. 



^. semipatmata (Bon.). Semipalmated Plover. 

 "Have seen it about Groton Pond in considerable numbers, 

 but nowhere else." — Cutting. 



^. wilsonia (Ord). Wilson's Plover. 

 Lunenburg, Balch. 



