224 SCOLOPACID^E : 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, 1878, p. 24). There is no evidence 

 that it breeds in New England. 



CURLEW SANDPIPER. 

 ANCYLOCHILUS SUBARQUATUS (Giild.) 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 



