19 

 nests have been taken in recent years. It occurs from 

 April 20 to September 12. 



863. Actitis macularia ( Linn *). Spotted Sandpiper. 



The little Spotted Sandpiper or Tilt-up is a 

 common and well distributed breeder from April 20 to the 

 last of September. This is the sandpiper which is see® so 

 commonly along streams and about ponds thruout the summer 

 months, breeding in the open country in every county of the 

 state, but being especially abundant in the river valleys 

 of the Delaware, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, and Alleghany 

 and along the shore of lake Erie. 



273. Oxyeohus vociferus vociferus ( Linn .). Killdeer. 

 The Killdeer is a rather common bird, and 

 generally distributed thruout the sections of Pennsylvania 

 embraced in the Carolinian and Alleghanian faunas. In the 

 northern counties it becomes rare, and in the Canadian 

 faunal zone it very locally distributed and rare at all 

 times. Thru sections of Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, 

 Lancaster, York, and Berks Counties, this bird is very 

 common. About Warren it is very rare, but in Erie County, it 

 is found more commonly. Ihave been unable to get any breedi 

 ing records from Pike, Wayne, and Monroe Counties, tho it 

 probably nests locally. In Center County, Huntingdon, Adams, 



