52 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND, 



killed each year. Dr. Rives states as of the preceding species 

 that it is " met with rarely " at Newport.' 

 August, September. 



(loi) 254. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). Greater 

 Yellow-legs^ Winter Yellow-leg. Great Yellow-leg. — A com- 

 mon migrant to the ocean marshes, but rarely to the marshes of 

 Narragansett Bay, though frequently seen at inland ponds. Mr. 

 O. Durfee writes that one was " reported on good authority on 

 March 10, 1899, at Westport Harbor," just over the Rhode 

 Island line. 



April 10 to May 24, August 8 to October 15. 



(102) 255. Totanus fiavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-leg. 

 Lesser Yellow-leg. Summer Yellow-leg. — A common fall migrant 

 to the ocean and Narragansett Bay marshes. One spring record. 



April 28, July 3 to September 28.* 



(103) 256. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.). Solitary 

 Sandpiper. — An uncommon migrant. It has been taken at 

 Easton's Pond, Newport, and on the Second Beach marshes, 

 Middletown, and at Sakonnet, as well as inland. Mr. F. T. 

 Jencks writes that he has " observed this species during the 

 summer several times at Mashapaug Pond, Providence.'' 



May 3 to 18, July 18 to September 25. 



(104) 258. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.). Willet. 

 — A rare spring, and uncommon fall wandering visitant. Dr. 

 Rives states that at Newport it is "a comparatively rare spe- 

 cies."' Mr. O. Durfee writes that "on September 2, 1882, he 

 took one, and saw another at Quicksand Pond, Little Compton." 

 Mr. H. S. Hathaway reports the capture of one at Newport in the 

 fall of 1897, by Mr. H. Havemeyer. Mr. LeRoy King of 

 Newport killed a female, and saw a market hunter with two 

 others, on August 12, 1898, taken on the Second Beach marshes, 



' Dr. Rives' List, p. 37. 



*' F. & S. Vol. 6, No. 23, p. 376. 



