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In this vicinity the Ring-tail Marlin is an irregular fall migrant 

 {Dutcher, Auk, III, 1889, p. 437). 



*I3I. Totanus melanoleucus 1 [Gmel. 1. Greater Yellow- 

 legs. (254.) — Breeds from Labrador northward, and winters from 

 the Gulf States to Patagonia. It is a common migrant, arriving 

 in "the spring about the latter half of April, and returning in the 

 latter half of July, the migration not being concluded until No- 

 vember. 



132. Totanus flavipes {Gmel.), Yellow-legs; Summer 

 Yellow-legs. (255.) — Breeds chiefly in the interior, from the 

 Northern States northward, and winters from the Gulf States to 

 Patagonia. With us it is very rare in the spring but is abundant 

 •during its southward migration, which begins about July 15 and 

 ends in September. 



133 Totanus solitarius [Wils.). Solitary Sandpiper. 

 {256.) — Breeds from the Northern States northward, and winters in 

 South America It passes northward in May and returns in July. 

 It is not a true shore-bird, but is more frequently found near fresh- 

 water ponds and streams. 



134. Symphemia semipalmata I Gmel.). Willet. (258.) — 

 Eastern North America, breeding regularly from Florida to south- 

 ern New Jersey, and locally and rarely as far as Nova Scotia. In 

 this vicinity it occurs only as a fall migrant. It is probable that 

 the Western Willet (S. s. inornata) is also occasionally found on 

 our coasts. 



135. Pavoncella pugnax {Linn.). Ruff. (260.) — •'North- 

 ern parts of the Old World, straying occasionally to eastern North 

 America." There are three specimens of this bird in the American 

 Museum from North America, two of which, in the Lawrence 

 Collection, are labeled " Long Island ", while the third is in the Elliot 

 Collection and is labeled "Barnegat, N. J." 



136. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian Sand- 

 piper; Upland Plover; Field Plover. (261.) — Breeds from 

 Virginia and Kansas to Nova Scotia aud Alaska, and winters in 

 South America. In the vicinity of New York City it is found as a 

 rather rare migrant and still rarer summer resident. It arrives about 

 the middle of April and frequents fields and pastures. 



