108 C. If. Merriam Birds of Connecticut. 



200. Totanus semipalmatus (Gmelin) Temminck. Willet; Tattler. 



A summer resident ; not common. Linsley found it breeding at 

 Stratford, Conn. Mr. Grinnell has taken it, near Milford, late in the 

 summer, and Mr. W. W. Coe took a nest, containing three eggs, at 

 Madison, Conn., June 5th, 1873.* 



201. Totanus melanoleuCUS (Gmelin) Vieillot. Greater Yellow-legs. 



Common during migrations. Arrives in May (May 14, 1874, Sage), 

 remaining till June (June 1, 1877, Sage). Found both coastwise and 

 in the interior. I first became acquainted with it at Yellowstone 

 Lake, where I killed four at one shot, Aug. 23d, 1872. 



202. TotanilS flavipes (Gmelin) Vieillot. Lesser Yellow-legs. 



A common migrant. Killed one May 7th, 1877, on a fresh water 

 pond near Meriden, Conn. Returns about the middle of August 

 (Aug. 17, 1874, Hall). 



NOTE. Totanus Chloropus Nilsson. Green-shanlis. 



Linsley states that a specimen of this rare straggler was taken at 

 Stratford, Conn., in the autumn of 1842.f This is, so far as I am 

 aware, the only recorded instance of its capture north of Florida 

 (Audubon shot three on Land Key, Fla., May 28, 1832), J where its 

 occurrence seems to be purely accidental, its proper home being in 

 the "Old World;" and since Dr. Coues states that it was given by 

 Linsley "very possibly through an erroneous identification,'^ I do 

 not feel justified in including it among the species ascertained to 

 occur within our limits. 



203. Totanus SOlitarius (Wilson) Audubon. Solitary Tattler. 

 Common during the migrations. Arrives early in May (May 2, 



1877), frequenting muddy ponds and sluggish streams, in small flocks 

 of about half a dozen. Solitary individuals may be seen as late as 

 early June, (Coe; June 10, Grinnell). 



204. Tringoides macularius (Linne) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 



A common summer resident, arriving during the latter part of 

 April or first of May (May 1, 1874, Sage). I once found its nest 



* MS. notes of W. W. Coe, Esq. 



f Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, vol. xliv, No. 2. p. 206, 1848. 

 t Audubon's Birds of North America, vol. v, p. :-J21. 

 Proceed. Essex Inst., vol. v, p. 296, 1868. 



