12 BIRDS OP MADISON COUNTY 



40. (230) Gallinago delicata (Ord.). 



Wilson's snipe. 



Common transient visitant. Arrives in spring about 

 April 5th, in the fall about September 19th, and departs about 

 Nov. 1st. A few, however, have been seen as late as December 10, 

 (1898.) 



41. (231) Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.). 



Dowitcher. 



Two birds taken at the eastern end of Oneida Lake 

 Sept. 22, 1883. R. & B. List, p. 112. 



42. (234) Tringa canutus Linn. 



Knot. 



A young bird was taken at Lewis Point, Oneida 

 Lake, August 26, 1891. Bagg, Auk XI, April, 1894. 



43. (239) Tringa maculata Vieill. 



Pectoral sandpiper. 



Not uncommon transient visitant. Arrives about 

 August 25. Departs about Oct. 1st. 



44. (241) Tringa bairdii (Coues). 



Baird's sandpiper. 



A not uncommon transient visitant. Arrives about 

 September 1st. Departs about October 1st. 



45. (242) Tringa minutilla Vieill. 



Least sandpiper. 



Fairly common transient visitant. Arrives as early 

 as August 10th. Departs the latter part of September. 



46. (243a) Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues). 



Red-backed sandpiper. 



Several were taken at Oneida Lake, October 5, 1881. 

 R. & B., p. 113. 



47. (246) Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). 



Semipalmated sandpiper. 



Common during the fall migration. Arrives about 

 August 25th. Departs about November 1st. 



