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arc the onh' records for New York during the last 50 }-ears that have come 

 to our notice: 



West Troy, N. V. Aug. 27, 1861. (2). Thomas Heimstreet 



Penn Yan, N. Y. Oct. 15, 1874. James Flahive 



Montauk Point, L. I. Aug. 26, 18S0. Berier, N. O. C. Bui. 6; 126 



Blissville, L. I. Sept. 16, 18S1. (Hendrickson). Duteher 



Kendall, N. Y. Apr. 20, 1884-85. Posson, Auk, 16: 194. David Bruce 



Lockport, N. Y. Aug. 31, 1S86. Davison List 



Brockport, N. Y. Sept. 1886. David Bruce 



West Seneca, Erie co., N. Y. Aug. 1888. James H. Savage 



Mastic, Suffolk co., L. I. Aug. 28, 1888. Duteher, Auk, 6; 136 



Long Island City, L. I. Sept. 17, 1889. W. F. Hendrickson 



Gaines, N. Y. Fall 1897. Posson, Auk, 16: 194 



Shinnecock bay, L. I. About 1870. (Nichols). Duteher 



Rockaway, L. I. Aug. 25, 1873; Aug. 1874; Sept. 13, 1875; Sept. 1879; Lawrence, 



Forest and Stream, 10; 235 

 Rockaway, L. L Aug. 1888. (3). (Lawrence). Duteher 



Queens co., L. L Aug. 31, 1894. Howell. (Johnson). Braislin, Birds of Long Island, p. 63 

 Rockaway Beach, L. I. Sept. 11, 1904. (Peavey). Braislin, Auk, 22: 169 



Sept. 4, 1906. (Peavey). Braislin, Birds of Long Island, p. 63 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Wheaton, Birds of Ohio, p. 491 

 Ontario, near Lake Erie. Breeds. Mcllwraith, Birds of Ontario. 1894. p. 156-57 



Actitis macularia (Linnaeus) 

 Spotted Sandpiper 



Plate 36 



T r i n g a macularia Linnaeus. Syst. Xat. Ed. 12. 1766. i: 249 



T o t a n u s macularia DeKay. Zool. X. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 246, fig. 206 



Actitis macularia A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. ^o- 263 



acti'tis, Gr. dxTtV?;?, dweller by the shore, or worker by the shore; 

 macula' fid, Lat., spotted 



Description. Bill straight, as long as head or tarsus or middle toe 

 and claw; tibia bare for half the length of tarsus; outer and middle toes 

 webbed to their first joint, inner toe free; tail rounded, half as long as 

 wing; upper parts grayish olive w'ith brassy luster, spotted ivith dusky — in 

 streaks on the head and neck, in broken bars on the back ; inner tail feathers 

 like the back, outer ones whitish barred with dusky; a line over the eye 

 white; under parts zuhitc, profusely spotted with black, the spots roundish, 

 and heavier in the female than in the male; wing feathers dark ]:)rownish 



