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Towhee. Broira, See PipUofiiscm. 



Towhee, White-eyed, See Pipilo eSrythrnphthaVrmm dtterd. 



Towhee Bunting. See Pipilo erythrophtJialmua. 



Townsend's Flycatching' Thrush. See Myiadestea townaendi. 



Traill's Flycatcher. See Empirlonax traillii. 



Tree Sparrow. See Spizella montioola. 



Trlnga alpin.a ainericana. Red-backed Sandpiper; American Dunlin, 

 vii., 8, 116— \ fry common during the migrations in Conn. — ^Robt. T. 

 Morris, vii , 34, 213 — Called " Btile" by the gunners in Plymouth- 

 Bay, Mass — F. C. Browne, vii., 16, 345 — Correcting the above name 

 and stating that it should have been printed " Stib " — F. C. Browne. 

 vlii., 7, 96— Noticed near Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. O. Browne, 

 viii, 23, 3G1— Found in Michigan— "Archer V (G. A. Stockwell). 

 xii., 20, 385— First one seen at Plymouth, Ma?s , Sept. 17, 1853 ; by 

 Sept. 30 Ibe full numbers arrived— F. C. Browne, xii., 20, 386— 

 Siill around Dec. 10, 1852— P. C. Browne. 



Tringabairdio Baird's Sandpiper, v., 19, 393— Several specimens taken 

 in Minn.; not iJiveninDr. Hatch's 1 874 list— Thos. S.Roberts, viii., ' 

 15,, 225 — Arrires on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, April 38 and re- 

 mains until June 13, after which none are to be seen ; quite numer- 

 ous — Chas. E. WcChesney. ix., 8, 153 — Found in Nebraska — "Yo." 

 X., 13, 235— Specimens laken at Rockawav, L. I. — two in September, 

 1873; one Aug. 26, 1878; one'Sept. 30, 1874— N. T Lawreiice xii., 

 30, 385^-Rather common on Lake Como, Wyoming, early in Beptem- 

 ber^Geo. Bird Grinnell. 



Triuga honapartei. Bonaparte's Sandpiper, i. , 4, 59— Short account of 

 habits by Editors, ill., 13, 196— Very common in Newfoundland — 

 M.Harvey, vi., 7, 91— A specimen taken at Salem, Mass., in the 

 fallof 1876— R. L. Newcorab. vii., 14, 212— Called "White-tailed 

 Stile " by the gunners in Plymouth Bay, Mass. — K. C. Browne, vii., 

 16,245 Correcting the above name an' I stating thit it should have 

 been printed " White-tailed Stib." viii., 7, ,96— Noticed near Ply- 

 mouth, Mass., in 1853 — F. C. Browne, viii., 15, 325— Is found in 

 considerable numbers on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, from May 

 5 to June 13— Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 22, 361— Found in Michi- 

 gan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 10, 185 — Small numbers 

 seen Sept. 7, 1852, at Plymouth, Mass.— F. 0. Browne, xii., 20, 385 

 —Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 4, 1852— F. C. Browne. 



Tringa canntns. Bed-breasted Sandpiper ; Eoliln Snipe ; Knot, ii., 86, 

 410 - Common at Salem, Mass., July 14, 1874— R. L. Newcomb. iv., 

 17, 208 — Arrived on the Barnstable (Mass ) marshes May 24, 1875. 

 iv., 24, 381— Large flights at Barnegat Inlet, N. J., July 13, 1875— 

 "Mortimer." v., 3, 42— Abundant at Beach Haven, N. J., Aug. 23, 

 1875— B. v., 7, 100— Extract from a letter to the " Loudon Times," 

 stating that a few nests of this species had been found as far south as 

 the Hudson's Bay Territory— Frederick Swabey. vi., 35, 403— Rare 

 migrant at Ann Arbor, Mich., arriving about May 10 and sooa passes 

 North to breed — A. B. Covert., vii., 4, 59 — Observed at Salem, Mass., 

 Aug. 21, 1876— R. L. Newcomb. vii , 5, 68— Called Robin Snipe by 

 th ■ gunners on the New Jersey shore — W. Holberton. vii., 8, 116 — 

 Not common during the migrations in Conn,; breeds (?) —Robt. T. 

 Jlorris (undoubtedly an error that they breed — H. B. B.). vii., 14, 

 213— The gunners in Plymouth Bay, Mass., call the adult "Red- 

 breast" and the young " Gray-back "—F. C. Browne, vii., 21, 325— 

 Rare in Yates Co., N. T. ; two specimens taken Oct. 15, 1874 — J. B. 

 Gilbert, viii., 7, 96 -Noticed near Plymouth, Mass., in 1853— F. C. 

 Browne, viii.,33,361— Found InMichigan—" Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), ix., 2, :^4-C,immon at B.ilem, Arn'.'s., Aug. 6, 1877— "Teal" 



