88 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE. 



CHARADRIIDAE. 



p. 71. "Great Egg-Harbor," N. J. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1842, vol. 5, p. 223, pi. 321. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 18, fig. 10. 

 Sandy beaches; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Formerly a rare summer resident coastwise (Wells Beach). 

 May 2-Aug. 



N. H. — Rare migrant coastwise. 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident coastwise. 

 (Mar. 26) April 5-Sept. 22. Eggs, May 10- June 14 (July 20). 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident coastwise. 

 (Mar. 24) May 15-Sept. Eggs, June 5-14. 



CoNisr. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident coastwise. 



168. OcHTHODROMUS wiLSONius (Ord) Reichenbach. 

 Wilson's plover. 



Charadrius wilsonia Ord, Wilson's Amer. ornith., 1814, vol. 9, 

 p. 77, pi. 73, fig. 5. "Cape Island, Newjersey." Audubon, 

 Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 214, pi. 319. 



Sandy beaches and mudflats; nests on the ground. 



Vt., N. H. — Doubtfully recorded. 



JVL^ss, — Accidental visitor: Gernet Pt., Plymouth, Aug. 22, 

 1877; Ips-tt-ich, ISIay 8, 1904 {nee Nahant, Aug. 1839). 



R. I. — Doubtfully included. 



Conn. — Accidental visitor: Bridgeport, July 28, 1888 ("seen," 

 Averill); Stratford (Linsley). 



APHRIZIDAE. 



169. Arenaria interpres (Linne) Vieillot. 

 European tumstone; Tangle -picker. 



Tringa interpres Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 148. 

 "in Europa & America septentrionali." 



