Annotated List of Species -2Q 



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A common spring and abundant autumn migrant. Birds pre- 

 sumably barren remain on the coast all summer. 



May I to May 25 ; (June 25) July 3 to October 8. 



Berkshire: "Transient visitant." Bristol County: "Abundant tran- 

 sient visitant." Cambridge : Very common in August and September. 

 Cohasset : " Abundant in fall, common in spring." Essex County : " Mav 

 and September. Not abundant." Ipswich : "Abundant transient visit- 

 ant, more common on beach than on marshes." Nantucket : " Common." 

 Templeton : "Rare." Wellesley: " Occasional on lake shores." 



84. Ereunetes occidentalis Lawr. Western Sandpiper. 



A not uncommon autumn migrant on the coast occurring with 

 flocks of E. pusillus. 



July 19 to September 19. 

 Nantucket: " Not uncommon." 



85. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.) . Buff-breasted Sand- 

 piper. 



A rare (spring) and autumn migrant on the coast. 

 [Spring] ; July 28 to September 24. 



Essex County : " Autumn. Very rare." Ipswich : Three instances. 

 Nantucket : " Scarce." 



86. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). Sanderling. 



A common spring and autumn migrant on the coast,, wintering 

 occasionally and with apparent regularity on Muskeget Island. 

 Casual inland. Its reported nesting at Ipswich ■^ requires confir- 

 mation. 



May 19 to June 3 ; (June 24) July 6 to October 24 (December 

 13) ; Winter. 



Bristol County : " Common transient visitant along the beaches." 

 Cambridge: Casual. One instance, September. Cohasset: "Numerous 

 in fall." Essex County: " May, and August to November. Abundant." 

 Ipswich: "Common transient visitant." Nantucket: "Common." 

 Springfield: "Rare autumn visitor." Wellesley: " Migrant. ... occa- 

 sional on lake shores after storms in fall." 



87. Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. 

 A common spring and abundant autumn migrant. 

 (April 18) May 13 to June 4 ; July 4 to October 13. 



1 Brown ; O. & 0., Vol. XVII, No. 9, Sept., 1892, p. 1^0. 



