294 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



The four preceding Tringece are essentially maritime, 

 rarely quitting the immediate vicinity of the sea. 



Pelidna Americana Coues. American Dunlin. Red- 

 backed or black-bellied Sandpiper ; ( Tringa alpina of 

 early writers) . Abundant. Chiefly spring and autumn 

 migrant, but some winter. 



Actodromas maculata Cass. Pectoral Sandpiper. 

 "Jacksnipe;" "Grass Snipe;" (Tringa pectoralis Say, 

 and early writers). Common during the migrations, par- 

 ticularly in the autumn. 



No. 1046, ? . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



Actodromas minutilla Coues. Least Sandpiper. 

 "Peep." Very abundant during its migrations. Chiefly 

 maritime, but very generally distributed. 



No. 1025. Essex Co. Dr. H. K. Oliver, 1853. 



No. 91. Spanish Town, Jamaica. W. T. March. From the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences, 1864. 



Actodromas Bonapartei Cass. Bonaparte's Sandpiper. 

 White-rumped Sandpiper. "Tringa Schinzii" of earlier 

 authors. A very common and widely distributed species, 

 whose range includes nearly all of North America, at 

 least east of the Rocky Mountains. They are exceed- 

 ingly abundant in Labrador toward the end of summer ; 

 and I have found them equally numerous in Kansas Ter- 

 ritory, in May, while migrating northward. They breed 

 in very high latitudes, and are only found in New Eng- 

 land, so far as I am aware, during their migrations. 



No. 1023. Essex Co. Dr. H. K. Oliver, 1853. 



No. 1048. " " S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 1049. " " " " " 



Ereunetes pusillus Cass. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 "Peep." Abundant. Spring and autumn migrant. Not 

 known to breed. Some may winter. Chiefly maritime. 



No. 1024. Essex Co. Dr. H. K. Oliver, 1853. 



No. 90, Spanish Town, Jamaica. W. T. March. From the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences, 1864. 



The Stilt Sandpiper, Micropalama himantopus, may be 

 confidently expected to occur ; but I cannot refer to any 

 recorded instances of its capture. Mr. Lawrence includes 

 it in his New York list. 



The original of Tringa Cooperii, Baird, was shot on 



