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Bartramian Sandpiper; Upland Plover; Field Plover (Bartramia longi- 

 cuuda). A rather rare migrant and still rarer summer resident. It arrives 

 about the middle of April and frequents fields and pastures. 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper {'fyyiigitcs siibruficollis) . A l)ird of the interior, 

 breeding in the far north and wintering in South America. It is very rare on 

 the Atlantic coast. Giraud records "a party of five" as seen in August and 

 September (N. T. Lawrence, Forest and Stream, X, 1879, p. 235) ; one was 

 trken in August at Montauk Point (Berier, Bull, X. O. C, VI, 1880, p. 126) ; 

 Dutcher mentions an August specimen from Suffolk County and a midsummer 

 bird from Shinnecock Bay (Auk, VI, 1889, p. 136) ; and Braislin records a male 

 taken August 30, 1903 at Rockaway Beach (Auk, XXII, 1905, p. 169). 



♦Spotted Sandpiper; Tip-up {Actitis macularia). This is the common 

 Sandpiper so frequently seen on our ponds, streams and beaches, and is 

 one of the few members of this family which breeds here. It arrives about 

 April 25 and remains until October. 



Long-billed Curlew; Sickle-bill {Xiunciiiits longirostris) . A rare and 

 irregular fall visitant. 



Hudsonian Curlew; Jack Curlew (Xuiiiciiiiis liudsonkus) . The Jack 

 Curlew, as it is locallj- known, is a not uncommon migrant in this vicinity. It 

 passes northward in May, and the southern migration occurs between the 

 middle of July and the first of October. 



Eskimo Curlew; Dough-bird; ¥\i\.& {Numeniiis borcalis). This species 

 has decreased in numbers during recent years and is believed by some orni- 

 thologists to be on the verge of extinction. There is but one record of its 

 recent occurrence, that of a male shot by R. L. Peavey at Rockaway Beach, L. 

 I., September 14, 1902 (Braislin, Auk, XXI, 1904, p. 289). 



Family CHARADRIID.E. Plovers. 



Lapwing (Vanclliis vaucllns). An Old World species, of accidental 

 occurrence in America. The only record for eastern North America south of 

 Greenland is that of a specimen shot at Merrick, L. I., December, 1883, 

 (Dutcher, Auk. Ill, 1886, p. 438). 



Black-bellied Plover ; Beetle-head (Sqtiatarola squatarola). A common 

 migrant, more numerous in the fall. It passes northward from about April 15 

 to Jime I, and the return migration occurs between August i and November i. 



Golden Plover; Green-back (Charadrius doniinicus). A rare spring and 

 common fall migrant, occurring chiefly in September. 



Kildeer {Oxycchus vociferus) . In the neighborhood of New York City 

 the Kildeer is a rare summer resident and not uncommon migrant. It arrives 

 in ^larch and remains with us until November. 



Semipalmated Plover; Ring-neck {/Egialitis scniipabnata) . The Ring- 

 neck is one of our most common shore-birds. It passes northward in May and 

 returns about July 15, the fall migration not being concluded until October i. 



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