98 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



April, 10th-15th. Because of its nocturnal babits it is usually 

 considered much less common tban it really is. 



GENUS GALLINAGO. 



G. delicata (Ord.). Wilson's Snipe. 

 Not common. Summer resident. 



GENUS TRINGA. 



T. maritima (Brun.). Purple Sandpiper. 

 A rare summer visitant. Dr. Cutting says tbat it " Occasionally 

 breeds in Vermont, as I had the old bird and young brought me." 



T. maculata (Yieill). Pectoral Sandpiper. Jack Snipe. 

 A rare fall migrant. 



T.fuscicollis (Vieill). Whiterumped Sandpiper. 



The only authority for this species is Miss Grout's list of 

 Brattleboro birds. 



T. minutilla (Vieill). Least Sandpiper. 

 Seen rarely in migration. 



GENUS EREUNETES. 



E.pusillus (Linn.). Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 Not common. Migrant. 



GENUS CALIDRIS. 



C. arenaria (Linn.). Sanderling. 

 Occasionally found near lakes and ponds. Rare summer 



visitant. 



GENUS LIMOSA. 



L. hcemastica (Linn.). Hudsonian Godwit. 

 Not common. Burlington. 



GENUS TOTANUS. 



T. melanoleuous (Gmel.). Greater Yellowlegs. 

 Spring and fall migrant. Found about ponds in various local- 

 ities. 



T. flampes (Gmel.). Yellowlegs. 



Not uncommon. Conger. 



T. solitarius (Wils.). Solitary Saijd piper. 

 Spring and fall migrant. Not uncommon. Sometimes breeds. 



