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*115. GallinagO delicata. WILSON'S SNIPE. Common dur- 

 ing migrations, and a rather rare summer resident. A few pass 

 the winter at favorable localities. 



116. Macrorhamphus griseus. Do WICKER. Rather com- 

 mon spring and autumn migrant. 



117. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. LONG-BILLED DOWICH- 

 ER. Not infrequent spring and fall migrant. (This, in my 1878 

 " List," was combined with the preceding.) 



1 18. Micropalama himantopus. STILT SANDPIPER. Not 

 common, and occurring chiefly during the autumnal migration. 

 For the history of this bird's mode of occurrence and distribution 

 in Massachusetts, and along the New England coast generally, see 

 Stearns and Coues's "New England Bird Life" (II, 1883, 206- 

 212), and the references there given. 



119. Tringa canutus. KNOT. Common spring and autumn 

 visitant. 



120. Tringa maritiina. PURPLE SANDPIPER. Not uncom- 

 mon in winter along rocky shores. 



121. Tringa maculata. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Rare dur- 

 ing its spring migrations, but common "from July 10 or 15 until 

 quite late in the fall " (Newcomb, Forest and Stream, XXII, No. 

 25, July 17, 1883, 483). 



122. Tringa fuscicollis. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Com- 

 mon spring and fall migrant. 



[123.] Tringa bairdi. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Rare or casual. 

 The records are Long Island, Boston Harbor, Aug. 27, 1870 

 (Brewster, Am. Nat., VI, 1872, 306); Swampscott, Aug. 27, 1876 

 (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 140); Marblehead, Aug. 

 15, 1881 (Lamb, Journ. Bost. Zool. Soc., I, 1882, 37). There are 

 also records for New Hampshire, Maine, and Long Island, N. Y. 



124. Tringa minutilla. LEAST SANDPIPER. Abundant dur- 

 ing its migrations. 



125. Tringa alpina paciflca. RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. 

 Rare spring and common autumn visitant ; a few sometimes re- 

 main in summer. 



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