1909.] THE CAYUGA LAKE BASIN, N. Y. 423 



tember 20. The average date of spring arrival is May i, the earhest 

 date being April 28, 1905. 



186 (258). Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin). Willet. 



"A regular migrant. Three secured in the fall of 1876" (Au- 

 burn List, p. 33). This species has not been recorded in recent 

 years. 



187 (261). Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein). Upland plover. 

 The only record of this species which we have is a pair found 



breeding by Foster Parker during the summer of 1907. In the 

 Auburn List (p. 33) it is spoken of as not an uncommon summer 

 resident. 



188 (263). Actitis macularia (Linnaeus). Spotted sandpiper. 

 Common summer resident. The average date of spring arrival is 



April 24, the earliest, April 20, 1906. The active nesting period 

 is from May 20 to June 15. L. A. Fuertes reports that he has found 

 nests with eggs as late as July 26 (1900). 



189 (264). Numenius americanus Bechstein. Long-billed curlew. 

 " A regular but somewhat rare migrant " (" Auburn List," p. 23). 



Not recorded in recent years. 



190 (265). Numenius hudsonicus Latham. Hudsonian curlew. 



" Occurs irregularly during the migration. One specimen pre- 

 served in the collection of the Phoenix Sportsman's Club at Seneca 

 Falls, N. Y. ("Auburn List," p. 34). There is a specimen (C. U. 

 1 158), in the collection of Cornell University taken at Union Springs 

 in 1882. 



51. Family Charadriid^. The Plovers. 



191 (270). Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus). Black-bellied plover. 

 Regular transient in the fall and occasionally in spring. On 



October 14, 1899, L. A. Fuertes shot a specimen at Ithaca which 

 constitutes the only record for the south end of the basin. Mr. 

 A. A. Allen and Mr. J. T. Lloyd reported it common at the north 

 end of the lake on September 26, 1908. Our fall records all occur 

 between September 20 and October 30. 



192 (272). Charadrius dominicus Miiller. Golden plover. 



The only record of this species is a specimen taken by E. H. 

 Eaton and L. A. Fuertes at Cayuga, October 29, 1907. 



