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I knew two sportsmen shoot a business wagon body full 

 one forenoon probably two hundred." 



150. Charadrius virginicus Borck. Golden Plover. 

 Spring and autumn visitant. Not Common, except occa- 

 sionally. 



151. Oxyeclms vociferm Reich. (^Egialitis vociferus 

 Cass.) Killdeer Plover. Summer visitant, and breeds. 

 Common only in particular localities. 



152. JEgialeus semipalmatus Reich. (^Egicditis semi- 

 palmatus Cab.j Semipalmated Plover. Spring and autumn 

 visitant. Not rare. 



153. Philohda minor Gray. Woodcock. Common 

 summer visitant, arriving early in April. Breeds. 



154. GoUinago Wilsonii Bonap. Wilson's Snipe. 

 Spring and autumn visitor sometimes abundant. Prob- 

 ably a few breed. 



155. Pelidna americana Coues. (Tringa alpina var. 

 americana Cass.,) Red-backed Sandpiper. Spring and au- 

 tumn visitor ; not generally common. 



156. Actodromas maculata Cass. ( Tringa metadata Yi- 

 eill.) Jack Snipe. Occasionally taken in autumn. 



157. Actodromas minutilla Coues. (Tringa Wilsonii 

 NuttJ Least Sandpiper. Occasionally taken towards au- 

 tumn ; probably occurs also in spring. Bonaparte's Sand- 

 piper (Actodromas Bonapartii Cass.,) is undoubtedly to 

 be found here occasionally in autumn. 



158. SympJiemia semipalmata Hart. Willet. Spring 

 and autumn visitant. Not common. Perhaps a few occa- 

 sionally breed. 



159. Gambetta melanoleuca Bon. Greater Tell-tale 

 Tatler. Rare spring and autumn visitant; less common 

 than the next. 



160. Gambetta flavipes Bon. Lesser Tell-tale Tatler. 

 " Yellow Legs." Spring and autumn visitant. Not un- 

 common. 



161. Rhyacophilus solitarius Wils. Solitary Tatler. 

 Spring and autumn visitant ; not usually common. 



162. Tringoides macularius Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Summer visitant, breeding abundantly. Most common of 

 the Grallce. 



