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Berkshire: " Accidental visitant. Williamstown, one record." Bristol 

 County: "Uncommon transient visitant." Cohasset : "Rare in fall." 

 Dedham : Recorded. Essex County : " August. Rare." Ipswich : 

 Occasional. Nantucket : "Scarce." Springfield: "Rare spring and 

 autumn visitor." Wellesley : "One example, Lake Cochituate in 

 autumn." 



77. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. 

 ' An abundant spring, and common autumn migrant. According 



to Dr. J. A. Allen " a few linger in summer." 



April 4 to May 29 ; (June 15) ; July 8 to November 12. 

 Berkshire: "Not rare transient visitant in the spring and autumn." 

 Bristol County : "Common transient visitant." Cambridge: Common 

 transient visitant. Cohasset: " Common in autumn, abundant in spring." 

 Dedham : " Rather common migrant." Essex County : " May, and Aug- 

 ust to the middle of October." Ipswich : " Common transient visitant." 

 Nantucket: "Common." Springfield: " A common spring and autumn 

 visitant." Templeton : " A rare migrant. Formerly common." Wel- 

 lesley : " Occasional on lake shores in autumn and spring after storms." 



78. Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). LESSER YELLOW-LEGS. 

 An uncommon spring, an abundant autumn migrant. 

 May 3 to June 2 (June 15) ; July 6 to September 29. 

 Brookline : " A rare migrant." Cambridge : " Rare in May, sometimes 



common in August and early September." Cohasset: "Numerous 

 in fall, common in spring." Dedham : " Rather common migrant." 

 Essex County: "May and August. Common." Ipswich: "Common 

 transient visitant." Nantucket: "Common." Springfield: "A rare 

 spring and autumn visitor." Templeton : " A rare migrant." Wellesley : 

 " Frequently taken on ponds and streams." 



79. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.). SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 

 A rather common spring and autumn migrant, especially inland. 



" Stragglers sometimes remain in summer," according to Dr. J. A. 

 Allen. 



May 2 to May 26 (June) ; July 20 to the last of October. 



Amherst: "Uncommon migrant." Berkshire: " Common transient vis- 

 itant.'' Bristol County : "Rather common transient visitant." Brook- 

 line: "Common migrant, especially in spring." Cambridge: Common 

 transient visitant. Cohasset: "Rare in spring and autumn." Dedham: 

 " Common migrant." Essex County: " September and October. Rather 

 rare." Ipswich: " Two or three seen every August." Nantucket: "Not 

 abundant." Springfield : " Common early autumn and late spring vis- 



