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Young in first autumn. Similar, but deeper buff, with streaks and bars less 

 distinct. 



Xcst a hollow on the ground, usually in an old upland field ; eggs, four to 

 five, cream or buff, with reddish-brown spots clustered about the larger end, 

 1.75 x 1.25. 



Transient, but not common,, breeding very rarely. Formerly a com- 

 mon migrant and summer resident in many parts of the State. 



They arrive in the Delaware Valley from April 10th to 24th, and 

 are seldom seen after September 10th. 



Mr. Babson 1 states that a nest found near Princeton June 30th, 

 1898, was the only instance of its breeding there in four years, 

 although twenty years ago Professor Phillips told him it was a com- 

 mon summer resident. 



Mr. H. W. Fowler 2 found it evidently breeding at Ridgewood, Ber- 

 gen county, in 1901, and Mr. W. D. W. Miller writes me that it nests 

 near Raritan. At Salem Mr. W. B. Crispin tells me he has seen the 

 young, but never found a nest. Thurber records it as a breeder in 

 Morris county in 1886, and Bonaparte 3 says it was common in sum- 

 mer "on plains near the seacoast." Wilson found it apparently 

 nesting near Burlington in June. It is rare on the coast. 



262 Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot). 

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Adults. Length, 7-8.50. Wing, 5.10-5.50. Above, grayish-brown, varied 

 with blackish ; below, pale buff, with obscure mottlings of black on the breast ; 

 axillars, white ; inner webs of primaries, white, finely mottled with black ; tail 

 feathers, except middle pair, buff, irregularly barred with black. 



Young in first autumn. Similar, but duller, with mottling on primaries still 

 finer. 



A rare straggler from the interior of North America. 



Turnbull (1869) states that it is rather rare, and generally seen 

 late in autumn. 



The only occurrences of the bird with which I am familiar are two 

 specimens secured by Mr. W. M. Swain, one in September, 1898, 



1 Birds of Princeton, p. 43. 



2 Cassinia, 1901, p. 50. 



3 Ann. Lye., N. Y., II., p. 325. 



