LIMICOLA. 69 
Prof. E. L. Moseley, of Sandusky, is the only contributor 
to report it. 
88. (235.) ARQUATELLA MARITIMA (Briinn.). 205. 
Purple Sandpiper. 
Synonyms: Tringa maritima. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri, Report, 1860, 380, hypothetical. 
Apparently the only specimen actually captured in the 
state is that reported by Mr. Winslow from near Cleveland, 
which he says was preserved in the collection of the Cleve- 
land Academy of Sciences. 
89. (239.) AcTopRoMAS MACULATA (Vieill.). 206. 
Pectoral Sandpiper. 
Synonyms: ‘Tringa maculata. 
Grass Snipe, “Jack Snipe,’ Krieker. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 369. 
This distinctively field sandpiper is fairly common as a 
migrant in all parts of the state. It may be abundant at 
some times during the migrations. It travels in flocks of 
from half a dozen to fifty or more birds which move as one 
bird. In general habits these birds resemble the plovers 
more than the sandpipers, apparently gleaning as well as 
probing for food. They must be classed as true benefactors 
to the farmer. 
' The first migrants reach Oberlin about the middle of 
April, and some tarry into the first week of May. The first 
return late in July and some remain about the wet bottom- 
lands until the first of October. 
90. (240.) AcrToproMas FUSCICOLLIS (Vieill.). 207. 
White-rumped Sandpiper. 
Synonyms: Actodromas bonapartii. Tringa bonapartii. Trin- 
ga fuscicollis. 
Bonaparte’s Sandpiper. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 369. 
In spite of the statement by Dr. Wheaton that this sand- 
piper is a “not uncommon spring and fall migrant on Lake 
