CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 399 
g (191.1) Cory’s least bittern 
Ardetta neoxena Cory 
Michigan and Ontario records. Will undoubtedly be found in our state. 
10 (H.L. 11) Cooper’s sandpiper 
Tringa (Actodromas) cooperi Baird 
Known only from the single specimen from which the species was 
originally described, taken on Long Island, in May 1833, and still extant 
in the national museum, Check list American ornithologists union 
This form is placed in the hypothetic list because its status as a species 
.is in doubt. 
11 [227] European woodcock 
Scolopax rusticola (Linn.) 
Accidental in the United States. There are New Jersey, Pennsylvania 
and Rhode Island records; and we may expect to find this form in New 
York, 
12 (258a) Western willet 
Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewst. 
This western form has been taken on the New Jersey coast and we 
may expect to find stragglers on Long Island in company with the willet. 
