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256. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.) Solitary sandpiper. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common. May 1-20 ; July 15 Sept. 

 20. Found along woodland ponds and streams. 



258. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel. ) Willet. 



Accidental visitant. "A regular migrant, three in fall of 1876 

 Aub. p. 33. One killed at Canandaigua about 1878, in summer, by 

 George Herendeen. Niagara River, occasional migrant Lang. p. 

 526. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.) Bartramian sandpiper. 

 Summer resident ; fairly common, but somewhat local in distri- 

 bution. April 20 Sept. 10. Found in dry upland pastures, meadows 

 and stubble fields. Nest, in slight hollow in the ground ; May 20 

 June 10 ; eggs 4-5. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill. ) Buff-breasted sandpiper. 

 Transient visitant ; rare. Lockport, Aug. 31, 1886 J. L. Davi- 



son. Kendall, about 1885, and Gaines, fall of 1897 Auk 16, 194. 

 Buffalo Berg. p. 8. Penn Yan James Flahive. 



263. Actitis macularia (Linn. ) Spotted sandpiper. 



Summer resident ; abundant. April 18 Sept. 10. Found along 

 the streams and shores. Nest, concealed in the grass of a swamp or 

 pasture ; May 15 June 10 ; eggs 4. Beneficial. 



264. Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed curlew. 

 Transient visitant ; rare. Oneida Lake, Oct. 5, 1880 Ralph & 



Bagg List, p. 115. "Regular but somewhat rare" Auburn List, 

 p. 33. Canandaigua, Sept., 1885 A. P. Wilbur. Buffalo, "occa- 

 sional" Berg, p. 33. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Hudsonian curlew. 

 Transient visitant ; occasional. Records for Murray, Sept. 1879 



Auk 1 6, 195. Oneida Lake, Sept. 5, 1899 Auk 17, 177. Canan- 

 daigua, May 30, 1897. Also reported from Branchport, Auburn, Lock- 

 port and Buffalo. 



266. Numenius borealis (Forst.) Eskimo curlew. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Otisco Lake, 1873 A. W. Perrior. 

 Lockport, Oct. 2, 1879 J. L. Davison. Buffalo Berg., p. 9. 



