AVES. 85 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Scolopax borealis Forst., Phil, trans, roy. soc. London, 1772, 

 vol. 62, pp. 411, 431. "ALBANY FORT," HUDSON BAY. 



Marshes, beaches, and grassy uplands; nests on the ground. 



ME., N. H. Formerly common fall migrant, coastwise. Late 

 Aug.-Sept. 



MASS. Formerly a common fall migrant, accidental in spring. 

 (Late May 1873, Cape Cod); July 15-Oct. 2. 



R. I. Formerly a common fall migrant coastwise. Aug. 27- 

 Sept. 



CONN. Formerly a common fall migrant coastwise, now very 

 rare. Aug.-Oct. 13. 



CHARADRIIDAE. 



163. SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA (Linne) Cuvier. 



Black-bellied plover; Beetlehead; Blackbreast; Blackheart; 

 Frost-bird; Ox-eye; Palebelly (young); Whistling field 

 plover. 



Tringa squatarola Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 149. 

 "IN EUROPA." 



Charadrius helveticus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 199, pi. 315. 



Beaches and marshes; nests on the ground. 



ME., N. H. Common migrant chiefly coastwise. May 12- 

 ( June 24); Aug.-Oct. 24. 



VT. Rare migrant: Lunenburg; Middlebury. 



MASS. Common migrant coastwise. April 15-June 13 (June 

 25); July 8-Nov. 16 (Dec.). 



R. I. Common migrant. May 15-22; Aug. 9-Oct. 15. 



CONN. Common migrant coastwise. 



