106 C. H. Merrlmn — Jilrds of Connecticut. 



1 90. Tringa minutilla Vieillot. Least Sandpiper. 



A coiiiinoii uiigraiit. INIai'itime. Found along the shore in ^lay 

 and early June, and again in August and September. 



191. Tringa maculata Vieillot. Pectoral Sandpiper ; Jack Snipe. 



Common during migrations. Mr. Coe tells me that it is common 

 in fall as fai- u]) the Connecticut as Middletown. Arrives from the 

 north early in August (Aug. 6, 1873, Hall). 



192. Tringa fuscicollis Yieillot. Bonaparte's Sandpiper; White-rumped 



Sandpiper. 



Not rare during migratious, though Linsley took only two speci- 

 mens at Stratford, Conn. Dr. Hall has taken it late in August (Aug. 

 31, 1874). 



193. Tringa maritima Brunnich. Purple Sandpiper. 



Not uncommon during the migrations. Many winter on the islands 

 along the coast. Not found by Linsley. Captain Brooks writes me 

 from Faulkner's Island that " Purple Sand})ipers come here in early 

 fall and stay till spring," and that they are common and get to be 

 quite tame, 



194. Tringa alpina, var. Americana Cassiu. Dunlin; "Ox-Bird." 

 A common migrant ; a few may winter. 



195. Tringa SUbarquata (Guld) Temmlnck. Curlew Sandpiper. 



A rare visitor along our coast. Mr. Josiah G. Ely writes me that 

 one was shot near Saybrook, Conn., some time ago, and I am infoimed 

 by Dr. D. Crary, of Hartford, that a s])ecimen of this species was 

 killed, Oct. 3d, 1859, at Keeny's Cove, on the Connecticut l\iver, in 

 East Hartford (Hockanum), Conn. Also, Dr. E. L. II. Thompson, t)f 

 this city, tells me that he shot three Cui-lew Sand|)i})ers on the Qnin- 

 nipiac River (near New Haven) in June, 1874. Dr. Wm. O. Ayres, 

 now of Easthampton, Long Island, writes me that he '"killed it once 

 at Miller's Place, L. I., in 1839,"* and it has also been taken in Mas- 

 sachusetts.f 



* See also Girnud's Birds of Long Island, 1 84 k 



f Catalogue of the Birds of New England. By T. M. Brewer, p. 13. 1875. 



