BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 21 



Subgenus ARQUATELLA. 



93. Purple Sandpiper. 



(Tringa maritima.) 

 A very rare ^dsito^ from the sea coast, usually occurring late in 

 the autumn. 



Subgenus ACTODROMAS. 



94. Pectoral Sandpiper. (Grais Plover.) 



(Tringa maculata.) 



A common autumn visitor to our marshes and sandbars. I\ot 

 observed by me in the spring. 



Arrives in July, departs about the end of October. 



95. White-rumped Sandpiper. 



(Tringa fuscicoUis.) 



Rather an uncommon species. Possibly breeding, as I have found 

 them here from the middle of June to the middle of October. 



96. Baird's Sandpiper. 



(Tringa bairdii.) 



A regular and not uncommon autumn visitor in the neighbour- 

 hood of Toronto and at Dundas. ^^ot seen in spring. 

 Arrives in July, departs early in October. 



97. Least Sandpiper. (Stint.) 



(Tringa minutilla.) 



Common spring and autumn visitor, arriving about the twentieth 

 of May, departing early in September. 



The bulk of these birds go north to breed, but I think some few 

 nest throughout their range in this Province, for some few pairs are 

 always to be found on our sandy beaches all through the summer. 



Subgenus PELIDNA. 



98. Red-backed Sandpiper. (Black-heart Plover.) 



(Tringa alpina pacifica.) 



A very tibundant visitor in the spring, arriving about the twenti- 

 eth of May and departing northward about the end of the first week 

 in June. 



In the autumn they are much less abundant, the bulk going south 

 by another route. The first arrive early in October and by the end of 

 the first week in November the last has gone. 



