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stock, and his MS. journal contains this entry: " Lyme, Aug. 

 1 6, 1858, large flocks of this species " (J. H. S.). Aug. 27, 1877, 

 Saybrook, two specimens killed (one in coll. of W. W. C.) ; 

 June 4, 1886, East Haven, one shot (Mitchell, in coll. of L. C. S.) ; 

 July 26, 1890, Quinnipiac Marshes, North Haven, one seen (L. 

 C. S. and Trowbridge) ; c. May 18, 1896, Milford (in coll. of 

 L. B. B.) ; Sept. 19, 1900, New Haven, three shot (seen in mar- 

 ket by L. C. S.) ; Sept. 20, 1904, West Haven, young female taken 

 by A. Ganung (in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Sept. 13, 1909, Sept. 4, 

 1911, Fairfield (H. W. B.). 



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Numenius borealis (J. R. Forster). Eskimo Curlew. 

 Formerly an accidental visitor in the fall migration. 

 Connecticut records. Linsley took it at Stratford, and J. N. 

 C. has a fine specimen killed at Saybrook, Oct. 13, 1874;* Sept., 

 1886, West River Marshes, New Haven, one killed by flying 

 against a wire, given to L. C. S. ; Sept. 12, 1889, Quinnipiac 

 Marshes, New Haven, a male taken by E. L. Munson (in coll. 

 Of Porter). 



Family CHARADRIIDJE. Plovers. 



Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus). Black-bellied Plover. 



The young are sometimes tolerably common along the coast 

 in the fall migration, but the adults are always rare. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 28, 

 1894. Latest record. New Haven, May 30, 1894. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 13, 1904; 

 Stamford, Sept. 2, 1892 (Porter). Latest record. New Haven, 

 Oct. 21, 1903. 



Linsley took it at Stratford. Merriam 2 recorded the taking 

 of a specimen in the fall (no date) at the mouth of the Con- 

 necticut River by W. W. C., and several taken by Dr. F. W.,Hall, 

 Oct. 1 8, 1873. An adult female in the collection of Porter was 

 taken at Stamford, Sept. 2, 1892. 



Charadrius dominicus dominicus (Miiller). Golden Plover. 

 A rare fall migrant ; formerly " common during migrations." 2 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 109. 

 9 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 102. 



