34 BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



235. Purple Sandpiper; "Rock Snipe;" 

 66 Winter Snipe" Arquatella maritima maritima (Briin- 

 nich). Common fall and W. R. coastwise. July 30) Sept. 

 6 - April 19 (May 11. Rocky sea-shores and islets. 



239. Pectoral Sandpiper ; " Grass-bird ;" 

 " Krieker" Pisobia maculdta (Vieillot). Rare spring 

 and common fall M., mainly coastwise. April 4) 9 - May 

 16 (23; July 15- Nov. 11. Marshes and mudflats. 



240. White-rumped Sandpiper ; Bonaparte's 

 Sandpiper; "Bull-peep" Pisobia fuscicollis (Vieil- 

 lot). Rare spring and common fall M. coastwise. May 15 - 

 June 5; July 10 - Nov. 10. Shores of sea, lakes, and salt- 

 marsh sloughs. 



241. Baird's Sandpiper ; " Bull-peep" Pisobia 

 bairdi (Coues). Rare fall M. July 27 -Oct. 18. Beaches 

 and marshes. 



242. Least Sandpiper ; "Peep ;" "Mud-peep" 

 Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). Abundant M. April 18) 

 May 5 -June 7; (summer); July 6 - Sept. 21 (Oct. 13). 

 Marshes and mud-flats. 



*243. Dunlin; European Dunlin; "Brant- 

 bird" Pelidna alpina alpina (Linne). Accidental from 

 Old World. Chatham, Aug. 11. Beaches and marshes. 



243a. Ked-backed Sandpiper ; American 

 Dunlin Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieiilot). Rare spring 

 and common fall M. coastwise, occasional inland. Mar.) 

 April -May 20 (June 18; Sept. 1-Dec. 13 (24): Beaches and 

 marshes. 



244. Curlew Sandpiper Erolia ferruginea (Briin- 

 nich). Accidental from Old World. May; Aug. Sea- 

 beaches and marshes. 



246. Semipalmated Sandpiper ; " Peep ;" 

 " Sand-Peep" Ereunetes pusillus (Linne*). Very com- 

 mon M., casual in summer. May 1) 13- June 14; (summer); 

 July 3 -Oct. 8 (30. Sandy sea-beaches chiefly; occasional 

 inland. 



247. Western Sandpiper; Western Semipal- 

 mated Sandpiper Ereunetes mauri Cabanis. Rare fall 

 M. July 19 - Sept. 20. Beaches and marshes. 



248. Sanderling ; Beach-bird ; Whitey ;" 

 Beach Plover Calidris leucophcea (Pallas). Very com- 

 mon M. coastwise; occasional inland; south of Cape Cod a 

 casual W. R. April) May 19 - June 4 (24; July 6- Dec. 6 

 (winter. Sandy beaches. 



