52 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Inland records. Sept. 23, 1892, young female, Sept. 21, 1894, 

 young female, Oct. 15, 1895, female, Sept. 3, 1903, male shot at 

 Little River Marshes, Middletown (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Sept., 

 1907, Canaan, one shot by Stevens, who also saw one that had 

 been shot there in Sept., 1906 (H. K. J.) j 1 Sept., 1895, one col- 

 lected at Litchfield by H. Sanford (E. S. W.) ; Oct. 12, 1908, 

 Goodspeed's Landing, one shot (Brackett, in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Subfamily FULICIN^E. Coots. 



Fulica americana Gmelin. Coot. 



A tolerably common fall migrant in September and October; 

 much rarer than formerly. Seldom seen in spring. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 21, 1896; Portland, Sept. 

 19, 1893. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 3, 1888 ; Portland, Nov. 14, 

 1892. 



Spring records. May I, 1887, April 22, May 15, 1888, Port- 

 land (J. H. S.) ; April 2-23, 1910, West Haven (H. K. J.). 



Summer record. July 19, 1906, Portland (J. H. S.). 



Order LIMICOLJE. Shore Birds. 



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Family PHALAROPODID^E. Phalaropes. 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus). Red Phalarope. 



An accidental visitor during migrations. 



The first record is that noted by Merriam 2 (1877) : " W. W. 

 Coe has a specimen in his cabinet killed at Portland in Septem- 

 ber." May 22, 1881, Portland, one obtained by C. H. N.; Sept. 

 27, 1886, Hartford, female shot by W. E. T. ; 3 Oct. 21, 1890, Port- 

 land, female shot by J. L. Goff (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; May 24, 

 1894, East Haven, a male in nuptial dress taken by L. B. B. ; 

 Nov. 24, 1895, Portland, male taken, Oct. 2, 1903, female shot 

 (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Sept. 25, 1908, West Haven, a young 

 female shot by P. B. H. (in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus). Northern Phalarope. 

 An accidental visitor in the spring and fall. 



Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 294- 



'Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 103. 



1 Auk, iv, i, p. 78; corrected, Auk, xi, i, p. 74. 



