ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 149 



LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus) 

 This western subspecies of the last is apparently a rare 

 fall transient on the coast of Long Island. It was well known 

 to the early ornithologists, and apparently occurred in spring 

 years ago. There are numerous records. It is practically 

 impossible to identify this bird in life. Only size differences 

 hold in the fall, and there is considerable sexual difference 

 in the length of the bill. Thus males of this subspecies have 

 shorter bills than females of the eastern bird. 



Long Island. Rare fall transient, formerly in spring, March 

 20, 1866; July 16 to November 2 (November 30). 

 MASTIC. One record, September 28, 1919. 



STILT SANDPIPER (Micropalama himantopus) 

 This species was formerly considered a rare bird, due 

 perhaps to its close superficial resemblance to the Summer 

 Yellowlegs, with which it usually associates. It is now known 

 as an irregular fall transient, sometimes absent, often fairly 

 common, and occasionally occurring in marked flights. The 

 Stilt Sandpiper is a smaller-bodied bird than the Lesser 

 Yellowlegs, with even longer legs, which are distinctly green- 

 ish-yellow. Its ordinary call-note is " recognizably lower 

 pitched and hoarser" (J. T. Nichols). 



Long Island. Fairly common fall transient, occasionally more 

 numerous, July 10 to October 10; very rare in the spring, one 

 record, May 18, 1885. 



MASTIC. Uncommon fall transient, sometimes numerous. 

 Noted as early as July 10, 1921. 



LONG BEACH. No record. 



The only record away from the coast is a single bird excellently 

 seen at close range with Lesser Yellowlegs, September 19, 1909 on 

 the tidal flats near Watson's Woods, West Farms, in the Bronx 

 Region (Griscom and LaDow). 



KNOT OR ROBIN SNIPE (Tringa canutus) 

 Now an uncommon transient on Long Island, formerly 

 abundant, but almost confined to the low coast of the South 



