16 THE BIRDS OP SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



258. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.)- Willet. 

 Rare spring and autumn visitor ; I captured one September 8, 

 1900. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartea- 

 MiAN Sandpiper. Rather rare summer resident, breeding in 

 Russell, Blandford and some of the other mountain towns. 

 Formerly, it was abundant in the river towns during August, 

 but now only a few individuals visit us. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.)' Buff- breasted 

 Sandpiper. Given by Dr. J. A. Allen as a rare spring 

 and autumn visitor, and recorded in Merriam's Birds of Con- 

 necticut, as having been taken near Hartford. There is one 

 example in the Science building in Springfield that was 

 captured at Northampton by E. O. Damon. ' 



263. Actitis macularia (I/inn.)- Spotted Sand- 

 piper. Abundant summer resident. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus I/ath. Hudsonicus 

 Curlew. A rare migrant ; it has been killed in the vicinity of 

 Hartford (see Merriam's Birds of Connecticut, page 109). I 

 have seen a Curlew in Longmeadow, probably one of this 

 specie ; the specimen in the Science building in Springfield, 

 was taken by E. O. Damon at Northampton. 



270. Squatarola squatarola (I/inn.). Black- 

 bellied Plover. Accidental visitor ; some years ago, about 

 the first of June, I found one on the bank of the Connecticut 

 river so tame that it permitted me to row within fifteen feet of 

 it and watch it feed. 



272. Charadrius dominicus Miill. American Golden 

 Plover. Rare autumn visitor. 



273. Aegialitis vocifera (I/inn.). Killdeer. A 

 rare summer resident ; formally, common locally when a great 



