BIKDS OF MAINE. 49 



Subgenus HELODROMAS Kaup. 



117. (256). Totanus solitarius ( Wils.). Solitary Sandpiper. 

 A common migrant throughout the state. A few individuals 



remain through the summer in the northern counties, and while 

 they doubtless breed I cannot positively state that such is the case. 



County Records. Audroscoggiu, "common migrant" (Johnson); 

 Cumberland, "common" (Brock); Franklin, "common migrant" (Rich- 

 ards) ; Kennebec, "quite common" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer" 

 (Rackliff); Oxford, "not common at Norway" (Verrill's List of the 

 Birds of Norway) ; Penobscot, "common migrant, several individuals 

 were seen on Pushaw Stream, June 8, 1894, and also seen in the same 

 localities in summers of 1895 and 1896" (Knight) ; Pjscataquis, "rare" 

 Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "not plenty, a few in oarly fall" (Spinney) ; Som- 

 enet, "common migrant"(Morrell) ; Washington, "common" (Boardman). 



Genus SYMPHEMIA Rafinesque. 



118. (258). Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel). Willet. 



A rare migrant along the coast, chiefly occurring in late summer 

 and autumn. 



County Records. Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; Kuox, "rare in sum- 

 mer" (Racklift') ; Sagadahoc, "quite rare, one taken October 25, 1896" 

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



Genus PAVONCELLA Leach. 



119. (260). Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.). Ruff. 



An accidental visitor from Europe, of which two specimens have 

 been taken in the state, and a third one just over the boundary 

 at Grand Menan, by Mr. Boardman. 



County Records. Cumberland, "Scarborough, April 10, 1870" (Smith's 

 List of the Birds of Maine, Forest and Stream, Vol. 20, p. 85) ; Oxford, 

 "one taken September 8, 1874, at Upton" (Brewster, Bull. Xutt. Orn. 

 Club, Vol. 1, p. 19). 



Genus BARTRAMIA Lesson. 



120. (261). Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian 

 Sandpiper. 



A common migrant throughout the state and quite a common 

 summer resident in the interior counties. 



