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200. Tringa minutilla Vieill. LEAST SANDPIPER. Abundant 

 during its migrations. 



201. Tringa bairdi Coues. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Accidental. 

 Taken by Mr. H. W. Henshaw on Long Island, Boston Harbor, Aug. 



27, 1870 (Breicster, Am. Nat., VI, May, 1872, 306). 



202. Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. (T. bonapartei et schinzi auct.) 

 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Common spring and fall migrant. 



203. Tringa maculata Vieill. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Common 

 during its migrations. 



204. Tringa maritima Briinn. PURPLE SANDPIPER. Rather 

 rare spring and autumn visitant ; a few sometimes remain in winter. 



205. Tringa alpina var. americana Cass. AMERICAN DUNLIN. 

 Abundant spring and autumn visitant; a few sometimes remain in 

 summer. 



206. Tringa subarquata GtUd. CURLEW SANDPIPER. Rare or 

 accidental in spring and fall. According to Dr. Brewer, there was no 

 authenticated Instance of Its occurrence in New England on record 

 prior to 1875, when he announced the capture of a specimen "recently 

 taken" in Ipswich (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVII, Nov., 1875, 

 446). Mr. E. A. Samuels, however, refers to its having been shot on 

 Cape Ann in 1865 (Orn. and O61. New Eng., 18G8, 447). Mr. Brewster 

 has since recorded its capture in East Boston, early in May, 18.66 

 (Bull. Ntitt. Orn. Club, July, 1876, 61). 



207. Tringa canutus Linn. KNOT; RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 

 Common spring and autumn visitant. 



208. Calidris arenaria III. SANDEHLING. Abundant spring 

 and autumn migrant ; stragglers sometimes remain in summer. 



209. Limosa fedoa Ord. GREAT MARBLED GODWIT. Rare spring 

 and autumn visitant. 



210. Limosa hudsonica Swainson. HUDSONIAN GODWIT. Rare 

 during its migrations. 



*211. Totanus semipalmatus Gmel. WILLET. Rare summer 

 resident, sometimes breeding. 



212. Totanus melanoleucus Gmel. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS; 

 GREATER TELLTALE. Common spring and autumn migrant, and a 

 few linger in summer. 



213. Totanus flavipes Gmel. LESSER YELLOW-LEGS. Common 

 spring and autumn visitant; rare in summer. 



214. Totanus solitarius Wils. SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Common 

 in spring and fall; stragglers sometimes remain in summer. 



*215. Tringoides macularius Gray. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



216. Philomachus pugnax Gray. RUFF. Accidental. The only 

 record of its occurrence appears to be "Newburyport marshes, May 



28, 1871" (Brewster, Am. Nat., VI, May, 1872, 306). 



