80 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



153. Helodromas solitarius (Wilson) Sharpe. 

 SoHtary sandpiper or tattler. 



Tringa solitaria Wils., Amer. ornith., 1813, vol. 7, p. 53, pi. 58, 

 fig. 3. "Kentucky to New York." 



Totanus solitarius (Wils.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 309, pi. 343. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 19, fig. 6. 



Borders of woodland streams and ponds, rarely near salt water; 

 nests on the ground or in other birds' deserted nests. 



Me. — Common migrant and in northern part a rare summer 

 resident (Woolastook valley). May 7-30; summer-Oct. 2 (Oct. 



21). 



N. H. — Common migrant, and possibly a rare summer resident. 

 May 9- June; July 17- (Nov. 1). 



Vt. — Common migrant; reported breeding at Lake Bomoseen, 

 St. Albans Bay, Wells River. May-Sept. 3. Eggs, middle of 

 May. 



Mass. — Common migrant, mainly inland. May 2-26 (June) ; 

 (July 8) July 20-Oct. 14 (Nov. 28). 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant. May 3-20; July 18-Sept. 25. 



Conn. — Common migrant. May 2-(June 10); Aug .-Sept. 



154. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin) Bonaparte. 

 Willet; Goose-bird; Humility. 



Scolopax semipalmata Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt.' 2, 

 p. 659. "in Noveboraco." 



Totanus semipalmatus Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 324, pi. 347. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 19, figs. 4, 5. 



Salt and fresh marshes, and beaches ; nests on the ground. 



Me., N. H. — Rare migrant coastwise. Oct. 25. 



Vt. — Rare migrant: Middlebury. 



Mass. — Rare migrant coastwise; formerly rare summer resident 



