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 quotes them as especially common in Wayne, Bradford, Susque- 

 hanna, Cumberland, Crawford, Clarion, and Montour Counties. 



256. Helodromas solitarius solitarius ( ills . ) . Solitary 

 Sandpiper. 



Tho undoubtedly rare as a breeder, the Solitary 

 Sandpiper nests locally and sporadically in suitable 

 sections of Pennsylvania lying within the Canadian fauna. 

 Probably some of the extant records of summering Solitary 

 Sandpipers are not of breeding birds, for the birds linger 

 often till early June and reappear in the IXX latter half 

 of July. Dr. Warren quotes several cases of birds summer- 

 ing in Crawford, Perry, Clinton, Union, Lycoming, and 

 Northumberland Counties, Probably some of these birds were 

 late or early migrants, the best authority coming from 

 Professor H. J. Roddy, who says, "In the latter part of 

 June, 1884, I shot an adult male Solitary Sandpiper. There 

 were a pair of them in the swamp, and from their actions 

 they were nesting." Mr. R. B. Simpson has also noted it in 

 summer in Warren County, tho he has obtained no conclusions 

 as to its breeding, Messrs. Cornelius Weygandt and Witmer 

 Stone have observed it during the breeding season near 

 Cresco, Monroe County (Cassinia 1905). The most conclusive 

 evidence as to its breeding seems to be the notes of the 

 author (Cassinia 1905 and Oologist 1906 pp 39-40) who 

 found a pair along a mountain stream near La Anna, Pike 



