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134. Totanus SOlitariuS. SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Common 

 in spring and fall ; stragglers sometimes remain in summer. Has 

 been found breeding at Rutland, Vt, by Mr. Jenness Richardson 

 (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, i78, 197). 



*135. Symphemia semi pal mat a. WILLET. Rare summer 

 resident, sometimes breeding. More common in spring and fall. 

 Dr. Brewer says he " met with it breeding on the small Island of 

 Muskeget, near Nantucket (Water Birds of North America, I, 

 1884, 287). 



[136.] Pavoncella pugnax. RUFF. The only Massachusetts 

 records of its occurrence appear to be Newburyport marshes, 

 May 2$ 1871 (Brewster, Am. Nat, VI, 1872, 306), and Chatham, 

 Sept. n, 1880 (Plummer, Forest and Stream, Oct. 7, 1880, 186). 

 Extralimital records include Long Island (several instances), 

 Calais, Maine, several instances (Boardman, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist, IX, 1862, 129), Upton, Maine (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, I, 1876, 19), and in the interior as far west as Western On- 

 tario (Morden and Saunders, Canad. Sportsm. and Nat, III, 1883, 

 243) and Ohio (Wheaton, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 83). 



*137. Bartramia longicauda. BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 

 Not very common summer resident ; abundant during migrations. 



138. Tryngites subruficollis. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 

 Rather uncommon spring and autumn visitant. 



*139. Actitis macularia. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Common 

 summer resident 



140. Numenius longirostris. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. A 

 not very common spring and autumn visitant 



141. Numenius hudsonicus. HUDSONIAN CURLEW. Spring 

 and fall migrant ; sometimes quite numerous, and generally more 

 common than either of the other species of this genus. 



142. Numenius borealis. ESKIMO CURLEW. Rather un- 

 common spring and autumn migrant. 



143. Charadrius squatarola. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 

 Generally more or less common during spring and fall. 



144. Charadrius dominions. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 

 Common autumn migrant; very rare in spring (see Brewster, 

 Bull. Nutt Orn. Club, VIII, 1883, 163.) [July, 



