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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  is 
  much 
  less 
  ccmmon 
  than 
  formerly. 
  Although 
  it 
  appears 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   nmnbers 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  migrations, 
  between 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  

   loth 
  of 
  June, 
  it 
  is 
  far 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  arriving 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  

   July 
  15th 
  to 
  the 
  30th, 
  and 
  passing 
  southward 
  from 
  the 
  loth 
  to 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  

   October. 
  There 
  are 
  few 
  records 
  comparatively, 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  Mr 
  Flahive 
  has 
  collected 
  it 
  near 
  Penn 
  Yan, 
  Mr 
  Bruce 
  several 
  on 
  

   the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  Mr 
  Heimstreet 
  one 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  September 
  

   near 
  Tro3% 
  Messrs 
  Reinecke 
  and 
  Savage 
  a 
  few 
  near 
  Buffalo, 
  and 
  Mr 
  Bagg 
  

   reports 
  it 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  The 
  dates 
  for 
  the 
  inland 
  records 
  range 
  from 
  

   August 
  20th 
  to 
  October 
  15th. 
  Mr 
  Todd 
  also 
  records 
  several 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Erie, 
  Pa., 
  dates 
  ranging 
  from 
  August 
  27th 
  to 
  September 
  17th. 
  

  

  Knots 
  feed 
  both 
  along 
  the 
  beach 
  and 
  the 
  mtid 
  fiats, 
  often 
  probing 
  

   like 
  other 
  snipes 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  insects 
  and 
  crustaceans 
  which 
  are 
  their 
  

   principal 
  food. 
  Their 
  note 
  is 
  a 
  soft 
  wah-quoit, 
  usually 
  heard 
  when 
  the 
  birds 
  

   are 
  coming 
  to 
  the 
  decoys, 
  or 
  a 
  diminutive 
  honk. 
  They 
  often 
  bunch 
  so 
  closely 
  

   like 
  the 
  dowitchers 
  that 
  the 
  whole 
  flock 
  is 
  sometimes 
  destroyed 
  while 
  alight- 
  

   ing 
  among 
  the 
  decoys 
  [Mackay, 
  Auk, 
  1893. 
  10: 
  25-35]. 
  

  

  Arquatella 
  maritima 
  (Briinnich) 
  

   Purple 
  Sandpiper 
  

  

  Plate 
  34 
  

  

  T 
  r 
  i 
  n 
  g 
  a 
  maritima 
  Brunnich. 
  Orn. 
  Borealis. 
  1764. 
  p. 
  54 
  

  

  DeKav. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  237, 
  fig. 
  98 
  

   A. 
  0. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  235 
  

  

  arquatel'la, 
  Lat. 
  dim. 
  of 
  arquata, 
  arcuata, 
  bent 
  or 
  bowed; 
  mari'tima, 
  

  

  Lat., 
  maritime 
  

  

  Description. 
  Summer: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  varied 
  with 
  black, 
  chestnut, 
  buff,, 
  

   and 
  whitish; 
  under 
  parts 
  white 
  streaked 
  with 
  dusk}?- 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  

   clouded 
  with 
  dusky 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  Winter: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  ashy 
  or 
  dusky 
  

   gray, 
  the 
  feathers 
  slightly 
  margined 
  with 
  lighter 
  and 
  often 
  with 
  purplish 
  

   reflections; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  and 
  inner 
  secondaries 
  edged 
  with 
  white; 
  rump 
  

   , 
  and 
  middle 
  tail 
  feathers 
  blackish 
  ; 
  outer 
  tail 
  feathers 
  ashy 
  gray 
  ; 
  lower 
  neck, 
  

   lircast, 
  and 
  sides 
  beneath 
  the 
  wings 
  ash}-; 
  rest 
  of 
  under 
  parts 
  white; 
  legs 
  

   yellow 
  or 
  orange; 
  bill 
  yellow 
  at 
  base, 
  greenish 
  black 
  toward 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  