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calities. Mr. Ralph Hoffmann informs me that a few still sum- 

 mer at Alstead, and Mr. G. H. Thayer writes that it breeds 

 regularly but in small numbers in the northwestern corner of 

 Cheshire County. Mr. C. F. Goodhue has also found it breeding 

 at Webster. North of Lake Winnipesaukee, I have 110 record 

 of its occurrence as a breeding bird. In the Howe-Shattuck 

 collection there is a male (No. 1753) taken on its breeding 

 grounds, July 13, 1891, by Mr. W. H. Phelps at New London. 

 Dates : May to September. 



86. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.). BUFF-BREAST- 

 ED SANDPIPER. 



A rare fall migrant on the coast. Baird, Brewer and Ridgway 

 ('84, vol. I, p. 306) record its capture at Rye Beach by Mr. 

 William Brewster, who tells me that he shot one on each of the 

 dates Aug. 25 and Aug. 28, 1871. 



87. Actitis macularia (Linn.). SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



A rather common summer resident, of general distribution 

 along the larger water courses and about the lakes and large 

 ponds. Dr. A. P. Chadbourne ('87, p. 103) records seeing a 

 single bird on July 8, 1886, in the Great Gulf, Mt. Washington, 

 on the west branch of the Peabody river, at about 3,100 feet al- 

 titude. It must be only exceptionally that this bird ever pene- 

 trates the forest brooks to this height. Mr. F. B. Spaulding 

 records ('98b) a nest containing the unusual number of five 

 eggs, at Lancaster. 



Dates : May i to October. 



88. Numeiiius longirostris Wils. LONG-BILLED CUR- 

 LEW. 



A rare fall migrant until recent years ; now accidental. Mr. 

 William Brewster observed single birds at Rye Beach on Aug. 

 25, 1871, Aug. 12 and 17, 1872. 



89. Numenins hudsonicus Lath. HUDSONIAN CURXEW. 



An uncommon migrant. Mr. William Brewster noted it at 

 Rye Beach in former years between August 6 and September 2. 



