AVES. 83 



LIMICOLAE 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Tringa rufescens Vieill. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 p. 264, pi. 331. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 151, pi. 43, fig. 11. 

 Grassy uplands and marshes; nests on the ground. 



ME. Rare fall migrant coastwise. Aug.-Sept. 5. 

 N. H. Rare fall migrant coastwise: Portsmouth; Rye Beach, 

 Aug. 25 and 28, 1871. 



VT. Doubtfully recorded. 



MASS. Rare fall migrant coastwise. July 28-Sept. 24. 

 R. I. Rare fall migrant coastwise. Sept. 6-15. 

 CONN. Rare fall migrant coastwise. Aug.-Sept. 30. 



159. ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linne") Naumann. 



Spotted sandpiper; Ox-eye; Peet-weet; Sand lark; Teeter 

 peep; Tip-tail; Tip-up. 



Tringa macularia Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 249. 

 "IN EUROPA & AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI." 



Totanus macularius Wils. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 303, pi. 342. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 19, figs. 7, 8. 



Seacoast and freshwater streams and lakes; nests on the ground. 



ME. Common migrant and summer resident. April 26- 

 Oct. 3 (Nov. 19). Eggs, May 20-July 1. 



N. H. Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. May 1-Oct. Eggs, May 31. 



VT. Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. Late April-Sept. 



MASS. Common migrant and summer resident. (April 19) 

 April 26-Nov. 6 (Nov. 14). Eggs, May 25-July 4. 



R. I. Common migrant and summer resident. (April 16)- 

 Oct. 3. Eggs, May 27-June 6. 



CONN. Common migrant and summer resident. Late April 

 Oct. 6. Eggs, May 31-June 1. 



