46 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



104. (235). Tringa maritima Brunn. Purple Sandpiper. 



A quite common late fall and winter resident among the islands 

 of the coast. 



County Records. Cumberland, "fairly common in winter" (Brock) ; 

 Knox, "winter" (Rackliff) ; Sagadahoc, "common in winter" (Spinney) ; 

 Washington, "abundant in winter" (Boardman). 



105. (239). Tringa maculata Vieill. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



A common fall migrant in many parts of the state, but of rare 

 occurrence in the spring. 



County Records. Cumberland, "common" (Brock) ; Knox, (Racklift) ; 

 Oxford, "not common at Norway in autumn" (Verrill's List of the Birds 

 of Norway) ; Piscataquis, "rare migrant" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "com- 

 mon in fall" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "quite common migrant" (Morrell) ; 

 Washington, "common in fall" (Boardman). 



106. (240). Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. White-rumped Sand- 

 piper. 



A quite rare migrant along the coast and of casual occurrence in 

 the interior. 



County Records. Cumberland, "occasional" (Brock) ; Knox, "migrant" 

 (Rackliff) ; Oxford, (reported from this county in Smith's List of the 

 Birds of Maine, Forest and Stream, Vol. 20, p. 66) ; Penobscot, "taken 

 at Bangor, October 23, 1881" (Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 

 191); Washington, "rare" (Boardman). 



107. (241). Tringa bairdii ( Coues) . Baird's Sandpiper. 



A rare migrant along the coast and of accidental occurrence in 

 the interior. 



County Records. Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; Knox, "rare visitant" 

 (Norton) ; Oxford, "taken near Upton" (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Vol. 1, p. 191). 



108. (242). Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. 



A very common migrant along the coast and of fairly common 

 occurrence in the interior. A few birds are seen in midsummer 

 along the coast, but it does not breed in the state. The southward 

 migration begins in July and the birds are common through Septem- 

 ber. They arrive from the south in May. 



County Records Androscoggin, "common migrant" (Johnson) ; Cum- 

 berland, "common" (Brock) ; Hancock, "migrant" (Knight) ; Kennebec, 

 (Dill); Knox, "summer" (Rackliff); Penobscot, (Hardy) ; Piscataquis, 

 "migrant" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common in summer" (Spinney) ; 

 Somerset, "quite common migrant 1 " (Morrell) ; Washington, "abundant 

 in summer" (Boardman). 



