36 BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



249. Marbled Godwit ; Brown Marlin Limosa 

 fedoa (Linne*). Bare M. May 20- 23; July 17 - Sept. 5. 

 Marshes and beaches. 



251. Hudsonian Godwit ; " Black-tail" Limosa 

 Jmmdstica (Linn6). Rare M. (?April 29 - May 25); July 

 15 - Nov. 7. Marshes and beaches, chiefly the former. 



254. Greater Yellow-legs; Winter Yellow- 

 legs Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin). Common M., 

 chiefly coastwise; occasional non-breeding S. R. Mar. 27) 

 April 4 - June 16 (28; (summer); July 6 - Nov. 12. Marshes, 

 both salt and fresh. 



255. Yellow-legs ; Lesser Yellow-legs ; Sum- 

 mer Yellow-legs Totanus fldvipes (Gmelin). Rare 

 spring, and common early fall M. April 29 - June 2 (15); 

 July 10 - Sept. 29 (Oct. 30. Marshes, salt and fresh. 



256. Solitary Sandpiper Helodromus solitdrius 

 solitarius (Wilson). Common M., mainly inland. May 2- 

 26 (June); July 8) 20 - Oct. 14 (Nov. 28). Borders of streams 

 and ponds. 



258. Willet; Goose-bird; " Humility" Catop- 

 tropkorus semipalmdtus semipalmatus (Gmelin). Rare 

 coastwise M., perhaps extirpated; formerly a rare S. R. on 

 south shore. May 2-31 (June 17; July 8 - Sept. 11. Marsh- 

 es and beaches, salt and fresh. 



258a. Western Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 

 inorndtus (Brewster). Rare fall M. Newburyport, Aug. 5. 

 Marshes and beaches. 



260. Ruff Machetes pugnax (Linne)'. Accidental 

 from Old World, coastwise. May; July; Sept. Newbury- 

 port, Chatham, Nantucket. Marshes and beaches. 



261. Upland Plover; Bartramian Sandpiper 

 Bartrdmia longicauda (Bechstein). Rare spring and un- 

 common fall M.; rare and local S. R. April 3 - May 10; 

 summer; July 16 -Sept. 14. Grassy pastures and hill-tops, 

 especially near coast. Nest on ground. Eggs, May 25 - 

 June 3 (22. 



262. Buff -breasted Sandpiper ; Hill Grass- 

 bird" Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot). Rare fall M. 

 coastwise. July 28- Sept. 24. Grassy hills and marshes. 



263. Spotted Sandpiper ; " Teeter ;" " Tip-up" 

 Actitis mdculdria (Linne). Common M. and S. R. April 

 19) 26 -Nov. 6 (14. Sea-shore, and borders of fresh-water 

 streams and lakes. Nest on ground. Eggs, May 27 - June 6. 



