Auk. XXY, Apr„ 1397, 
The Occurrence of Tryngites subruflcollis in the New England States- 
- — There are several instances of the capture of the Buff-breasted Sand- 
piper in Connecticut and Massachusetts which do not appear to have 
been recorded. This Sandpiper, although common in certain sections in 
the West, is not very often met with along the North Atlantic seaboard. 
The latest occurrence of this species in Connecticut appears to have 
been a specimen taken by myself on September 30, 1895. A solitary 
individual was found on the Quinnepiac marshes, which are situated near 
New Haven, Conn. A very stormy condition of the weather had existed 
for two days, and it was not strange that a species of the Limicolte was 
blown inland by the prevailing easterly winds. On a portion of the 
meadows an unfamiliar looking Sandpiper was observed feeding in the 
grass. It appeared to be a bird of the present species, and seemed rest- 
less and wary, but it was shot before it could fly off. The bird was picked 
up, and found to be a Buff-breasted Sandpiper ( Tryngites subrujtcollis ') , 
in the young plumage. No other birds of the Snipe family appeared to 
be in the vicinity. This record seems to be the second or third instance 
of the capture of this species in Connecticut, at least in recent years. 
One of the previous instances may not have been recorded ; a young 
bird was shot in the latter part of August, 1889, by Mr. Edward L. 
Munson, of New Haven, in almost exactly the same locality as that in 
which my specimen was taken. 
In Massachusetts there have been a small number of these Sandpipers 
killed. Mr. George W. Mackey, of Nantucket, Mass., mentions in ‘The 
Auk’ (Vol. IX, 1892, p. 389) the capture of a few specimens on that 
island. Dr. Louis B. Bishop, of New Haven, informs me that he shot a 
young female Buff-breasted Sandpiper on Monomoy Island, Cape Cod, 
Mass., on September 19, 1895, and that another specimen was killed there 
by a market gunner on the same day. 
Several more instances were reported some years ago from Cape Cod 
by the late Mr. J. C. Cahoon, of Taunton, Mass. 
It has been taken several times on Long Island, N. Y., but the latest 
record in that locality seems to be August 28, 1888 (Auk, Vol. VI, 1889, 
p. 136). 
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is often found associating with the Pec- 
toral Sandpiper ( Tringa maculata) and it is to be looked for in flocks of 
the latter in the autumnal migrations. There are two instances of its 
capture in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada, where one individual 
was found on two occasions with a flock of Pectoral Sandpipers. The 
first instance was in September, 1888, the second in early September, 
1890. 
As most of the above records of the occurrence of the Buff-breasted 
Sandpiper in the East are spread over a number of years, the species 
must be considered as rather rare along the coast of the New England 
States. — C. C. Trowbridge, New York City. 
