S6 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



says they were found in September ( 1893 ?) ; L. C. S. informs us 

 that' seven were shot in West Haven by Hotchkiss several years 

 ago. 



Arquatella maritima maritima (Briinnich). Purple Sandpiper. 



A rare late fall migrant, frequenting the rocky islands off the 

 coast, and an occasional winter resident. 



Capt. Brooks wrote Merriam* that " Purple Sandpipers come 

 here [Faulkner's Island] in early fall and stay till spring." 



Connecticut records. Nov., 1879, Stamford, two taken by 

 Hezekiah Weed (Hoyt) ; April 22, 1881, Saybrook, female taken 

 (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; c. 1882, Saybrook, one secured (J. N. C.) ;^ 

 Nov. 10, 1883, Guilford, one secured from a small flock (L. B. 

 B.) ; Nov. 28, 1885, Stony Creek (G. E. V., in Peabody Museum) ; 

 Nov. IS, 1888, Stamford, one taken (Hoyt) ; Nov., 1891, Stam- 

 ford, two taken by Hecker (Hoyt) ; Jan. i, 1893, New Haven, 

 one shot (C. Webb, in coll. of Porter) ; March 31, 1893, May, 

 1897, Dec. 18, 1897, Branford (L. C. S.) ; Jan. i, 1894, New 

 Haven (A. H. V.) ; Nov. 20, 1895, Stony Creek, one shot (E. M. 

 Cooper) ; winter, 1898-9, a few seen frequently on the small rocky 

 islands at the eastern end of the Sound (G. E. V.). 



Pisobia maculata (Vieillot). Pectoral Sandpiper. 



A common fall migrant; unknown in the spring. 



Earliest record. New Haven, July 30, 1890; Portland, Sept. 

 25, 1890. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 21, 1895; Portland, Oct. 31, 

 1891. 



The adults pass in August, Aug. 17 (1882) ,to Aug. 27 (1882, 

 1897). The young follow in September, Sept. 6 (1894) to Oct. 

 21 (1895). 



Summer record. July 26, 1890, Quinnipiac Marshes, North 

 Haven, flock of ten seen (Trowbridge). 



A hybrid between P. maculata and P. fuscicollis was taken 

 on the Quinnipiac Marshes, Aug. 4, 1894, by L. B. B. It was 

 with a few Spotted Sandpipers, and was remarkably tame. No 

 Pectoral or White-rumped Sandpipers were seen that day. This 



^Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. xq6. 

 8 O. and 0,, vii, 24, p. 189. 



