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Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot). Buff -breasted Sandpiper. 



A rare straggler in the fall. 



Merriam^ (1877) records that J. G. Ely reports two killed 

 near Saybrook " a few years ago," and Dr. Crary has one in his 

 collection shot near Hartford " some years ago." 



Sept. 6, 1889, Qtiinnipiac Marshes, North Haven, a young 

 male taken (E. L. Munson, in coll. of Porter) ; Sept. 30, 1895, 

 same place, a young male (C. C. Trowbridge). 



Actitis macularia (Linnseus). Spotted Sandpiper. 



A common summer resident from May to August, the adults 

 almost all going south before the middle of July. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 22, 1889, 1903 ; Portland, 

 April 18, 1899. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 27, 1882; Portland, Oct. 

 15. 1895. 



Nest. Eggs laid in a field of grain, the grass of a meadow, 

 or a clump of weeds, usually not far from the water. 



Eggs. 4; laid early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 24, 1897, four eggs 

 (Hill). Latest record. June 19, 1893, four eggs (Watrous) ; 

 July 2, 1904, two eggs, almost hatched, but deserted (L. B. B.). 



Numenius americanus Bechstein. Long-billed Curlew. 



The only records for this species in addition to Linsley's record 

 of taking it at Stratford appear in Merriam:^ Capt. Brooks, 

 Faulkner's Island, reported that " occasionally one stops here in 

 the fall;" summer, 1873, Milford, seen by Grinnell; Saybrook, 

 sometimes occurs in the fall, but rare (J. N. C.) ; taken near Hart- 

 ford (Dr. Crary). 



A young bird of this species is in the Linsley collection of the 

 Bpt. Sci. Soc. 



Numenius hudsonicus Latham. Hudsonian Curlew. 

 A rare straggler in spring and fall. 



Connecticut records. Linsley took it at Stratford, and Dn 

 Crary at Hartford.^ Shot at Lyme, Sept. 27, 1853, by J. C. Conv- 



iMerriam, Birds of Conn., p. 109. 



