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256. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.) Solitary sandpiper. 



Transient visitant; fairly common. May I-20 ; July 15 — Sept. 

 20. Found along woodland. ponds and streams. 



258. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel. ) Willet. 



Accidental visitant. "A regular migrant, three in fall of 1 876 — " 

 Aub. p. 33. One killed at Canandaigua about 1878, in summer, by 

 George Herendeen. Niagara River, occasional migrant — Lang. p. 

 526. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.) Bartramian sandpiper. 

 Summer resident : fairly common, but somewhat local in distri- 

 bution. April 20 — Septic. Found in dry upland pastures, meadows 

 and stubble fields. Nest, in slight hollow in the ground ; May 20 — 

 June 10 ; eggs 4-5. 



262. Tryngites subruficoUis (Vieill. ) Buff-breasted sandpiper. 



• Transient visitant ; rare. Lockport, Aug. 31, 1886 — J. L. Davi- 

 son. Kendall, about 1885, and Gaines, fall of 1897 — Auk 16, 194. 

 Buffalo — Berg. p. 8. Penn Yan — James Flahive. 



263. Actitis macularia (Linn. ) Spotted sandpiper. 



Summer resident ; abundant. April 18 — Sept. 10. Found along 

 the streams and shores. Nest, concealed in the grass of a swamp or 

 pasture ; May 15 — June 10 ; eggs 4. Beneficial. 



264. Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed curlew. 

 Transient visitant ; rare. Oneida Lake, Oct. 5, 1880 — Ralph & 



Bagg List, p. 115. "Regular but somewhat rare" — Auburn List, 

 p. 33. Canandaigua, Sept., 1885 — A. P. Wilbur. Buffalo, "occa- 

 sional" — Berg, p. 33. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Hudsonian curlew. 

 Transient visitant ; occasional. Records for Murray, Sept. 1879 



— Auk t6, 195. Oneida Lake, Sept. 5, 1899 — Auk 17, 177. Canan- 

 daigua, May 30, 1897. Also reported from Branchport, Auburn, Lock- 

 port and Buffalo. 



266. Numenius borealis (Forst.) Eskimo curlew. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Otisco Lake, 1873 — A. W. Perrior. 

 Lockport, Oct. 2, 1879 — J. L. Davison. Buffalo — Berg., p. 9. 



