BIRDS OF THE GRAND PRI^ REGION. — TUFTS. 160 



263. Actiti^ macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper; "Tee- 

 ter-tail;" " Peep." — Summer resident, common; 

 nesting first week in June. F'ound about the 

 rocky lake shores and river margins; also (chiefly 

 after the nesting season) along the shores of tide 

 water. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. — 

 Rare fall migrant. A flock of five was seen Sept. 

 1899, on the Grand Pr^, three of which were taken 

 (H. F. T.). I have no other records till 1906, 

 when, on September 11th I saw three chasing 

 grasshoppers on the Grand Pre meadows. A few 

 other records, all for September. 



270. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). Black-bellied Plover; 

 "Beetle Head." — Not uncommon fall migrant. 

 Seen from August 10th to Nov. 15 or later, chiefly 

 about the sand beach at Long Island, and on the 

 exposed mud flats; also found on the salt-marshes 

 after the hay is gathered, or occasionally inside on 

 the green meadows. The adult birds appear first 

 in the autumn, and by Sept. 20th the immature 

 plumaged birds come along. By this time, however, 

 the former have passed on further south'. The young 

 birds with their whitish breasts are not infrequently 

 mistaken for the now rare Golden Plover. 



272. Charadrius dominicus dominicus (MiilL). Golden 

 Plover. — Formerly common transient in autumn; 

 now rare and irregular. As recently as 1888 and 

 1890 Golden Plover occurred about Wolfville during 

 September and October in large flocks and seemed 

 to favor the upland pastures for their feeding 

 ground. Since then I have records for Sept. 12, 

 1898, Sept. 19, 1899, Aug. 27, 1907, Sept. 20, 1908, 

 — singles and small flocks, all seen on the Grand 



