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[126.] Tringa ferruginea. CURLEW SANDPIPER. Rare or 

 accidental in spring and fall. According to Dr. Brewer, there 

 was no authenticated instance of its occurrence in New England 

 on record prior to 1875, when he announced the capture of a 

 specimen " recently taken " in Ipswich (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., XVII, 1875, 446). Mr. E. A. Samuels, however, refers to its 

 having been shot on Cape Ann in 1865 (Orn. and Ool., New Eng., 

 1868, 447). Mr. Brewster has since recorded its capture in East 

 Boston, early in May, 1866 (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, 1876, 51). 

 Mr. Deane has added Cape Cod, May 10, 1878, and Nahant (ibid., 

 IV, 1879, I2 4)- I* has also been taken at Scarborough, Me., Sept. 

 15, 1 88 1 (Pur die, ibid., VII, 1882, 124), and there are several 

 Connecticut records. 



127. Ereunetes pusillus. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. - 

 Abundant during its migrations ; a few sometimes met with in 

 summer. 



[128.] Ereunetes occidentalis. WESTERN SANDPIPER. 

 Doubtless of casual occurrence merely. Long Island, Boston Har- 

 bor, Aug. 27, 1870 (Henshaw, Auk, II, 1885, 384). Has recently 

 been found in numbers on the coast of Maryland and Virginia 

 (Beckham, ibid., II, 1885, TIO ; Smith, ibid., II, 1885, 285). 



129. Calidris arenaria. SANDERLING. Abundant spring 

 and autumn migrant ; stragglers sometimes remain in summer. 



130. Limosa fedoa. MARBLED GODWIT. Rare spring and 

 autumn visitant. Ipswich, July 17, 1869 (Maynard, Nat. Guide, 

 1870, 142). Dr. Brewer says " A few are seen both in their spring 

 migrations and in the fall, in the more easterly portions of Barn- 

 stable County" (Water Birds of North America, I, 1884, 257). 



131. Limosa haemastica. HUDSONIAN GODWIT. Of rare 

 or irregular occurrence, chiefly in the fall; sometimes not un- 

 common. 



132. Totanus melanoleucus. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. 

 Common spring and autumn migrant, and a few linger in summer. 



133. TotuiiUS flavipes. YELLOW-LEGS. Occasional spring 

 and common autumn visitant ; rare in summer. 



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