58 



(Quogue) to Nov. 21 (Quogue). Mr. W. F. Hendrickson has 

 found it at ^Yvandance, as late as Dec. 1, 1903. 



[ ? Scolopax rusticola. European ^YooDCOCK. 

 Though having been referred to in various works as taken on 

 Long Island, no authentic record for this species has been dis- 

 covered by the writer. The following books attribute without 

 definite data the species to this region; Stearns and Cones, 

 New Erigland Bird Life, Boston, 1883, p. 194; J. A. Allen, 

 Revised List of Birds of jNIass., in Bidl. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 N. Y. 1886, p. 265. Dr. Allen has informed me that he believes 

 the reference cited was erroneous.] 



125. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. 



Common transient visitant. Occasional in winter. April 

 22 to 27"(Brooklyn) Sept. 16 to Oct. 17 (Brooklyn) : Jan. 1, 1890 

 (Far Rockaway). 



126. Macrorhamphus griseus. Dowitcher. 



Common transient visitant. One of the very earliest south- 

 ward bound migrants to arrive in autumn. ^Nlay 15 (Amity- 

 ville) to jNIay 30 (Rockaway) and July 12 (Freeport) to Sept. 29 

 (Freeport). 



127. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dowitcher. 

 Rare autumnal migrant. iNIr. William Dutcher has re- 

 corded specimens on the following dates; Sept. 19, 1882; Sept. 

 26, 1883; July 23, 1884;' Sept. 26., Oct. 6th and 9th, 1885. 

 {Auk, i, 1884, p. 32; ii, p. 37; iii, p. 436). Mr. N. T. Law- 

 rence recorded one, Oct. 15, 1884 {Auk, ii, p. 273) and others 

 March 20 and Aug. 7 to Oct. 13 (Bidl N. 0. C, v, 1880, 

 p. 154). The March record may indicate that it begins the 

 northward migration rather earlier than M. griseus. 



128. Macropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 

 Somewhat irregular autumnal visitant, as several years may 



