EATON BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 29 



241. Tringa bairdii (Coues) Baird's sandpiper. 



Transient \'isitant ; occasional. Aug. 25 — Nov. 20. Several rec- 

 ords ; Waterport. Lakeside Park (several), Locust Grove, Verona 

 Beach (two). Canandaigua, Nov. 20, 1895 ; and Oct. 6, 1900 (two). 

 This bird like the preceding species is probably not as rare as is com- 

 monly supposed. 



242. Tringa minutilla V'ieill. Least sandpiper. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common. May ; Aug. 20 — Sept. 25. 

 F"ound on sandy and marshy shores. 

 243a. Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues) Red-backed sandpiper. 



Transient visitant ; common in fall ; seldom seen in the spring. 

 May ; Sept. 25 — Nov. 10. Found on marshy or sandy shores 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.) Semipalmated sandpiper. 

 Transient visitant ; common. May; Sept. i — Nov. 5. Found 



on marshy or sandy shores. 



247. Ereunetes occidentalis Lawr. Western sandpii)er. 

 Transient visitant ; fairly common. May ; Aug. 20 — Sepi. 25. 



Found on marshy or sandy shores. 



248. Calidris arenaria (Linn. ) Sanderling. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common. May 15 — June 10 ; Sept. i 

 — Oct. 10. Found on muddy or sandy shores. 



249. Limosa fedoa (Linn. ) Marbled godwit. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Syracuse, June 18, 1876 — Auburn List, 

 p. 32. Niagara River, occasional migrant — Lang. p. 554. 



251, Limosa haemastica (Linn.) Hudsonian godwit. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Onondaga Lake, Oct. 13, 1883 — 

 A. W. Perrior. Oneida Lake, .Sept. 7, 1891 ; one other, later in the 

 season — Egbert Bagg. See also Auburn List, p. 32. 



254. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel. ) Greater yellow-legs. 

 Transient visitant ; fairly common. Apr. 20 — May 10 ; Aug. 15 



— Nov. 5. Found in marshes and along the shores of ponds and 

 lakes. 



255. Totanus flavipes (Gmel. ) Yellow-legs. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common in fall. May 10-20 ; Aug. 15 

 — Oct. I . Found on marshy or sandy shores. 



