72 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



138. Arquatella maritima (Briinnich) Coues. 



Purple sandpiper; Rock snipe; Winter peep; Winter snipe. 



Tringa maritima Briinn., Ornith. borealis, 1764, p. 54. "Chris- 

 tiansoe" I., Denmark, and "Norvegia." Audubon, Birds of 

 Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 261, pi. 330. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 146, 

 pi. 43, figs. 2, 5. 



Rocky islands and coasts of the sea; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and winter resident coastwise; acci- 

 dental in summer. Sept. 15-April (Aug. 6, 1907, Metinic Green 

 Id.; Aug. 11, 1902, Metinic reef). 



N. H. — Rare winter visitor coastwise. 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. — Common fall and winter visitor coastwise. (July 30) 

 Sept. 6-April 19 (May 11). 



R. I. — Common winter resident on rocky coasts. Sept. 13- 

 April 15. 



Conn. — Common winter resident on rocky islands coastwise. 



139. PisoBiA MACULATA (Vieillot) A. O. U. comm. 



Pectoral sandpiper; Brown-back; Creaker or Krieker; Grass- 

 bird; Grass snipe; Jack snipe; Pert; Squatter. 



Tringa maculata Vieill., Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1819, vol. 34, 

 p. 465. "aux Iles Antilles et dans les parties meridionales 

 des Etats-Unis." 



Tringa pectoralis Bonap. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 259, pi. 329. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 148, pi. 43, fig. 12. 



Marshes and mudflats; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare spring and common fall migrant, mainly coastwise. 

 (Spring); Aug. 13-Oct. 5. 



N. H. — Migrant, common in fall, mainly coastwise. July-Oct. 

 10. 



