American Museum of Natural History. 237 



110. Phalaropus lobatus. NORTHERN PHALAROPE. Spring 

 and fall migrant, chiefly off the coast. Mr. Brewster mentions it 

 as " of by no means rare occurrence in Boston market, from Cape 

 Cod and elsewhere along the Massachusetts coast. . . .It is, how- 

 ever, like several other off-coast species, not commonly found 

 near the land unless forced to take shelter from severe storms " 

 (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 152). Swampscott (Newcomb, 

 Forest and Stream, XXII, No. 25, July 17, 1884, 484). A recent 

 inland record is Ware, Oct. 13, 1875 (Stearns, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, V, 1880, 122). 



111. Steganopus tricolor. WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Very 

 rare. No recent nor very explicit Massachusetts records. Doubt- 

 less not uncommon in migrations off the coast. Taken at New- 

 port, R. I., Aug. 2, 1880 (Jencks, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, 1880, 

 237). There are several recent Long Island records. 



[112.] Recurvirostra americana. AMERICAN AVOCET. Ac- 

 cidental. Natick, Oct. 19, 1880 (Pur die, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 



VI, 1881, 123). Interesting extralimital records are near Say- 

 brook, Conn. (Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 103); Point Le- 

 preaux, N. B., 1862 (cf. Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XVII, 

 1875, 452); Quaco, N. B., 1880, three specimens (Boardman, Bull. 

 Nutt Orn. Club, V, 1880, 241), and St. Martins, N. B. (Chamber- 

 laine, ibid., VII, 1882, 105). At the latter place one or more of 

 these birds reported as taken each year for the five preceding 

 years, two usually being met with together. 



[113.] Himantopus mexicanus. BLACK-NECKED STILT. 

 Accidental. Mr. Maynard gives it, on the authority of gunners 

 and others, " as occasionally seen along the sandy beaches " (Nat. 

 Guide, 1870, 143). Mr. Boardman saw, some years since, two 

 specimens in a Boston market, which he was assured were taken 

 in this State (Allen, Am. Nat, III, 1870, 638). It has been taken 

 at Calais, Maine (Boardman, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., IX, 1862, 

 128), and in New Brunswick (Chamberlain^, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, J 



VII, 1882, 105), where several had been taken at Mace's Bay dur- 

 ing former years. 



*114. Philohela minor. AMERICAN WOODCOCK. Common 

 summer resident. 

 1886.] 



