BIRDS OF EAST PENNSYLVANIA. 



31 



Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Least Sandpiper. 



Bonaparte's Sandpiper. 



Sanderling. 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



WiUet. 



Tell-Tale. 



between the true Tringa alpina and 

 Tringa Schimii. (S. & A.) 



Tringa maculata. • Jack Snipe. 

 Meadow Snipe. Plentiful, arriv- 

 ing in April, and again appearing, 

 about the end of August, when they 

 are most abundant. (S. & A.). 



Tringa Wilsonii. WlLSON's Sand- 

 piPEE. Peep. Oxeye. Abun- 

 dant in the early part of May, and 

 again in August. I once saw a 

 flock on Brigantine Beach as early 

 as 20th July. (S. & A.) 



Tringa Bonapartii. Little Snipe. 

 Prequent, 9,nd oftener met with on 

 its return south in Autumn. This 

 bird was long confounded with 

 T. Scliinzii of Europe. (S. & A.) 



Calidris arenaria. Sandeeling 



Plovee. Ruddy Plover. Abun- 

 dant on the sea-coast, arriving in 

 May, and again in the end of 

 August, but many remain through- 

 out the Winter. (S. & A.) 



Ereunetes petrificatus. Peep. Plen- 

 tiful on the coast early in May, 

 returning from the north in August 

 and September. (S. & A.) 



Micropalama himantopus. Long- 

 legged Sai^dplpee. Very rare. 

 Seen in May, and again in August. 

 (S. & A.) 



Sympliemia semipalmata. Semipal- 

 mated Tatlee. Stone Cuelew. 

 Common from the middle of April 

 to October. (S.) 



Gamhetta melanoleuca. Tell- 



Tale GODWIT. Vaeied Tatlek. 

 Geeatee Yellow-Shanks. Plen- 



