224 SCOLOPACID^: : SNIPE, ETC. 



speaks of taking it late in November, and a few individ- 

 uals doubtless winter with us. The same observer took 

 it June 1 8, 1868, about a fresh-water pond near Ips- 

 wich ; but this date is exceptional. At Calais, Me., 

 Mr. Boardman records its presence in August and Sep- 

 tember. In Mr. Allen's Catalogue of 1878 it is marked 

 for Massachusetts as an abundant migrant, with the 

 observation that a few sometimes remain in summer 

 (Bull. Essex Inst, x, [878, p. 24). There is no evidence 

 that it breeds in New England. 



CURLEW SANDPIPER. 

 ANCYLOCHILUS SUBARQUATUS (Guld.) Kaup. 



Chars. Bill much longer than head, very slender, decurved ; legs 

 long ; tibiae bare for about half the length of the tarsus. Adult : 

 crown of head and entire upper parts greenish-black, each 

 feather tipped and indented with yellowish-red ; wing-coverts 

 ashy-brown, each feather with dusky shaft-line and reddish 

 edging. Upper tail-coverts white, with broad, dusky bars, tinged 

 at their extremities with reddish. Tail pale gray, with greenish 

 reflections. Sides of neck and entire under parts uniform deep 

 brownish-red ; under tail-coverts barred with dusky ; axillars and 

 under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet greenish-black. Young: 

 Crown of head and upper parts brownish-black, with slight 

 greenish lustre, each feather edged with white or reddish-yel- 

 low; rump plain dusky ; upper tail-coverts white ; wing-coverts 

 with broad, grayish-white borders. Under parts white, the 

 breast and sides of the neck with fine dusky streaks ; the former 

 with a light buff tinge. Length, 8.50 ; wing, 4.90 ; bill averaging 

 1.50 ; tarsus, 1.30 ; middle toe and claw, 0.90 ; tibia bare 0.70. 



This is an Old World Sandpiper, so rare everywhere in 

 North America as to be properly considered little more 



