C. IF. MerviiDii — lilnis <>f (\>inii rth-ut. 105 



twot'ue thc'iu and tluisc of my native couiitiv, ami nmif I iliil not 

 regard them."* 



187. G-allinagO Wilsoni (Tcniininck) Bonaparte, Wilson's Snipe. 



A resident; eoninion dnring- the migi-ations ; soinetinies hret'<ls. 

 In October and November (some remain into December) lari;-e num- 

 bers are sliot on our sah marshes. Mr. W. W. Coe took it I-'eb. 4(h, 

 1872, near Porthmd, Conn., and thinks they sometimes winter tlu-re in 

 low swampy phrces. Arrives in ^larcli (Mar. 18, 1874, Sage). Mr. W. 

 W. Coe and Mr. J. H. Sage inform me that they took a nest containing 

 three fresh eggs of this species at Porthmd, Conn., May 13tli, 1S74. 

 The eggs were "fully identified, as the i)arent bird was Immd on tlie 

 iiest."f It was not previously known to breed as far south as Con- 

 necticut. The nearest approach to it is " a set of eggs in the Smithson- 

 ian labeled Oneida Co., N. Y."J Mr. Coe tells me that there were a 

 number of Snipe in the field at the time, and he tliinks there were 

 other nests which they did not find. 



188. Macrorhamphus griseus {Gmdin) I.oacli. Red-breasted Snipe. 



Not rare during the migrations. "Stratford," Linsley. Mr. J. II. 

 Sage of Portland has a specimen which he shot at Saybrook, Conn., 

 Aug. 21st, 1874. 



189. Erennetes pusillus (Llunt') Casslu. Semipahnated Sandpiper. 



A summer resident; common along the shore during the migrations. 

 Mr. W. W. Coe has seen it in June. On the 20th of July, 1877, ."Mr. 

 Walter R. Nichols found, at Branford, Conn., four eggs of a small 

 Sandpiper. They were placed on a few straws in a slight excavation 

 in a corn field, about half a mile from the shore. Supposing them to 

 be the eggs of this species I sent one to Dr. Brewer, who writes: " In 

 the absence of my cabinet, for comparison, I cannot be certain, but I 

 have little or no doubt that it is the egg of Ereunetes pi/silli/s.'' It 

 is unnecessary to state that this is the first authentie reconl of its 

 breeding in southern New England. In fall, Dr. F. W. Hall has taken 

 it as early as Aug. 25th (1874). 



* Reprinted in Force's Historical Tracts, vol. ii, Tract 5, p. 47. 

 f MS. notes of John H. Sage, Esq. 

 X Coues' Birds of the Northwest, p. 47 G. 

 Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. IV. 14 Aug., 1877. 



