No. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 53 



Connecticut records. Aug. 4, I886, 1 Sept. 12, 1889, Quinni- 

 piac Marshes, North Haven, males, taken by E. L. Munson; 

 Aug. 24, 1893, West Haven, taken by A. H. V. (in coll. of 

 Porter) ; May 20, 1894, Bridgeport, male killed by flying against 

 electric wires (in coll. of J. C. A. M.) f May 21, 1894, Quinnipiac 

 Marshes, four seen, two females taken (L. B. B.) ; May 22, 1894, 

 East Haven, two males and a female secured (H. W. F.). 



Steganopus tricolor Vieillot. Wilson's Phalarope. 



The only record of this species in Connecticut is the specimen 

 recorded by Linsley as killed in Bridgeport. It is a female in 

 breeding plumage, and is now in the collection of the Bpt. Sci. 

 Soc. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID^E. Avocets and Stilts. 



Recurvirostra americana Gmelin. Avocet. 



Merriam 3 notes the only specimen recorded from this state: 

 1871, between Saybrook and East Lyme, a specimen caught in 

 an old seine strung out on the beach to dry, and kept alive for 

 some time (J. G. Ely). 



Family SCOLOPACIDvE. Sandpipers, etc. 



Philohela minor (Gmelin). Woodcock. 



A summer resident, though more common during migrations ; 

 occasionally wintering. Breeds in less numbers than formerly. 

 Most common during March, and from Sept. 15 to Nov. 25. 



Earliest record. New Haven, March 3, 1883 ; Portland, Feb. 

 28, 1878. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 22, 1894, Nov. 26, 1906 

 (E. S. W.) ; Portland, Nov. 28, 1895. 



Winter records. Dec. 18, 1882, Dec. 31, 1895, New Haven 

 (L. B. B.) ; Feb., 1884, New London County (C. L. R.) 4 ; Jan. 

 26, 1890, Bridgeport (W. H. Lucas); 5 Jan. I, 1903, East Haven 

 (H. W. F.) ; Dec. 9, 1906, Dec. 28, 1907, New Haven (A. A. S.). 



1 O. and O., xii, 9, p. 156. 



3 Auk, xii, i, p. 77; wrongly recorded as P. fulicarius (L. B. B.). 



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



4 O. and O., ix, 2, p. 57. 

 * O. and O., xv, 2, p. 31. 



