76 BIRDS OF YARMOUTH AND VICINITY. ALLEN. 



239. Pisohia maculata (Vieill.). Pectoral Sandpiper. — 

 Numbers of them about our coast during first half 

 of Oct. 1908. The only observation. 



242. Pisohia minutilla (Vieill.). Least Sandpiper.— Mixed 

 flocks of this and the next species are common 

 along our shores in late summer and fall. 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 — Common in late summer and fall. 



248. Calidrisleucophaea(Pall.). Sanderling. — Several seen 

 on Port Maitland Beach, Sep. 7, 1903, and on Sep. 

 17 of the same year several were brought in to 

 taxidermist here. 



254. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). Greater Yellow- 

 legs. — Common during the fall migrations^ remain- 

 ing about our shores till after the middle of Oct. 



258. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus (Gmel.). 

 WiLLET. — Summer resident, but more common 

 during the fall migrations. They show all evidence 

 of breeding in our locality, though I have not yet 

 found nest or j^oung. First appearance (5 years) 

 May 4. 



263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. 



Breeds along our shores, streams, and lakes. First 

 appearance (5 years) May 17. Nests with eggs 

 usually found during first ten days of June. Some 

 interesting observations were made in regard to 

 the young along the lake shore at Deerfield. These 

 young birds, which accompany their parents along 

 the gravelly beach, when alarmed, are in the habit 

 of taking refuge in the fringe of low bushes that 

 border the beach along its upper side, and when 

 they once reach this cover it is quite useless to look 

 for them. On three separate occasions, however. 



