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Middletown. These birds were the only ones heard of or seen 

 that season. Mr. G. W. Field says that several are shot annually 

 on the Point Judith marshes. 



(May) August 12 to September 2. 



(105) 261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian 

 Sandpiper. Grass Plover. Upland Plover. — Not an uncommon 

 migrant, probably breeds. This species was formerly much 

 more common in the State than it is now, Prudence Island 

 being a famous shooting ground for them. Dr. Rives states 

 " the much sought after Grass Plover, — now no longer common 

 here (Newport) " etc., showing that early in the '8o's it had grown 

 rare.'^ On the uplands of Conanicut Islands, near Beavertail 

 Light they are perhaps the most common of anywhere along the 

 coast. 



(April), August 14 to (September). 



(106) 262. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.). Buff- 

 breasted Sandpiper. — Mr. Newton Dexter states " that he has 

 taken one or two nearly every season." There is one he took 

 in September, i8g6, now in the Smith collection. 



(107) 263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sand- 

 piper. Tip-up. Peet-weet. — An abundant summer resident 

 throughout the State. 



April 18 to September 13. (October 20). 



(108) 264. Numenius longirostris ^Vils. Long-billed 

 Curlew. Sickle-bill. — Mr. Newton Dexter writes that "the last 

 one he killed or has seen in Rhode Island was about 1862." 

 A bird was taken by Mr. Thomas R. Stetson, at Round Swamp, 

 Jamestown, on September 9, 1897, which was mounted by Mr. 

 J. W. Critchley, Taxidermist, and now is in the collection of Mr. 



' Dr. Rives' List, p. 36. 

 " Dr. Rives' List, p. 37. 



