C. II. Merrlam — />/'/•</.'< <>/ ('imntiticKt. 



103 



Family, H^MATOPODID^. 



181. HsematopUS palliatUS ToimniiKk. Oyster-iMU'lur. 



A laic miiirniit. Linslcy snys : "TIu- ()\ stcr-c:ilcliri- is idu r:iic 

 ln'iv, l)iit filU'c'ii years siiici' tliry witc not \v\\ iiiicoiiiiih'ii in 

 autumn.''''"^' 



1 82. Strepsilas interpres (Linne) Illiger. Turnstone. 



A common migrant. Linsley gave it from Stiatfonl, and ('apt. 

 Brooks writes me that it is "• (juite common in spring and lall" aluuit 

 Faulkner's Island, Coim. .Mr. Sage, of Portland, lias a beaiililul male, 

 which he killed at WestLrook, Conn., May 2;kl, 1877. In Tall it 

 returns during the latter part ol August (Aug. 31, 1874, F. W. Hall). 



Family, RECURVIROSTRID^. 



183. Recurvirostra Americana Gmeiin. Avocet. 



A rather rare migrant. Josiah G. Ely, Esq., writes me that he has 

 seen but one specimen of the Avocet taken on our coast. " It was 

 caught, in 1871, between Saybrook and East Lyme, in an old seine 

 strung out on the beach to dry," and was kept alive for some time by 

 a storekeeper. 



Family, PHALAROPODID^. 



1 84. Steganopus "Wilson! (Sabine) Coues. Wilson's Phalarope. 



Of rare and almost accidental occurrence in New England, though 

 common throughout the West. Linsley says of it : " Wilson's Pha- 

 larope 1 have in my cabinet; it was killed in Bridgeport [Conn.] and 

 sent to me by a friend, and is probably one of the rarest birds in New 

 England. It is not only beautiful, but the great quantity of plumage 

 on a bird so small and delicate, together with his unique bill, seems 

 to render it one of the most peculiar of this class of animals.''t 



1 85. PhalaropUS fulicariuS (Linne) Bonaparte. l^cd Plialarope. 



A rare visitor from the North. Mr. W. W. Coe has a specimen in 

 his cabinet, killed at Portland, Conn., in September. 



* Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, vol. xliv, No. 2, p. 2G5. April, 184.-?. f ^P- c't-. P- 26.S. 



