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The great abundance of Plialaropes at the Isles of Shoals in 

 May. 1892, has been mentioned under the preceding species. 

 Dates : Maj^; Angtist 9 to September 22. 



68. Steg-aiiopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's Phala- 



ROPE. 



A rare migrant to the coast. Baird, Brewer and Ridgway 

 ('84, p. 339) record the bird as " shot by Mr. William Brew- 

 ster at Rye Beach in the summer of 1872." I am informed by 

 Mr. Brewster that the specimen in question was obtained on 

 Aug. 15, 1S72. 



69. Philohela minor (Gmel.). American Woodcock. 

 A not uncommon spring and fall migrant and a less common 



summer resident throughout the lowlands of the more remote 

 parts of the state. " W. H. B." ('96) records an old bird with 

 a brood of young seen by a Mr. Oliver Dodge " on the south 

 slope of a hill in the town of Brookline, N. H.," on the 13th of 

 March, several years previous, after a rather open winter. Such 

 early breeding seems rather improbable, however. Mr. C. J. 

 Majniard ('72) records that they were found to breed, though not 

 commonly, at Lake Umbagog, where a nest with four eggs was 

 found May 10, 1870. At Intervale, I have observed them not 

 infrequently in summer among the alder swales about the brooks 

 in the valle3\ and in September, a few are to be found in damp 

 woods up to 1,500 feet. 



I>Jltes : Last of March to Octol^er 17. 



70. Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wii^son's Snipe. 



A migrant, uncommon in spring and more common in fall 

 near the coast ; inland it is generally found onl}^ in small num- 

 bers, in marsh)^ spots about ponds. At Intervale, in the Saco 

 valley, I have never seen but a single bird, this on Sept. 18, 

 1897, in a small marsh. A writer in the Forest and Stream, 

 signing himself " W. H. B." ('96) says he has known the bird 

 to winter at Nashua, an occurrence which, though not improb- 

 able, must be quite unusual. Mr. William Brewster has ob- 

 served it at Rye Beach on July 22. 



Dates : March to May ; Julj^ 22 to November (Winter ?). 



