128 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Transient: much less common than formerly. Occurs during the 

 latter half of May, and again from the middle of July to October. 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott took one in Cape May county as late as June 3d 

 in 1879. 



235 Arquatella maritima (Briinnich). 

 Purple Sandpiper. 



Winter adults. Length, 8-9.50. Wing, 5-5.40. Above, sooty black, edges of 

 greater coverts and some secondaries entirely white ; under parts, gray, passing 

 into white on the abdomen. 



Young in first winter edged with buff above. 



A very rare winter visitant. 



Turnbull (1869) says it is very rarely seen so far south, and one 

 specimen from Egg Harbor is contained in his collection without date. 1 

 Dr. Abbott (1868) states that a specimen was found dead near the Ab- 

 secon lighthouse, and Mr. A. P. Willets shot one at Beach Haven 

 October 31st, 1896. x Krider 2 states that he only obtained two speci- 

 mens during his long experience. These are the only definite New 

 Jersey records, although Chapman, 3 referring probably to Long 

 Island, says it is a rare but regular winter resident. 



239 Pisobia maculata (Vieillot). 

 Pectoral Sandpiper, Grass-snipe. 



Adults. Length, 8-9.50. Wing, 5-5.50. Head and neck streaked pale buff 

 and dusky; back and rump, blackish, the former edged with buff; throat and 

 entire abdomen, white ; neck and breast, buff, streaked with dusky. 



Young in first autumn. Similar, but more rusty above. 



Transient along the coast; common in the vicinity of New York, 

 according to Chapman, but apparently less abundant along the New 

 Jersey beaches. It occurs in April and from August to October, 

 always more plentiful in fall. It was common in the time of Bona- 

 parte and Turnbull. Mr. Scott found it scarce at Long Beach in 



1 Colin. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. 



2 Field Notes, p. 64. 



3 Birds Vicinity N. Y., p. 39. 



