iy> C< C c-c. ^ a -^ isy, 
ii. Tryngites rufescens. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — During a 
collecting visit I made to Montauk Point last summer, a specimen of this 
bird was shot there by a gentlemen on August 26, and kindly presented to 
me. — De L. Berier, Fort Hamilton , Long Island, N. T. 
Bull, N.O.Q. 0, April, 1881, i-. i 
244. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — ( Tryn- 
gites rufescens.) (Vieill.) Caban. One 
specimen taken from a flock of Sandpipers 
on the shore of Lake Ontario, Wayne Co., 
N. Y., in August, 1880, by Samuel F. Rath- 
bun. A year l ater, d uring' the month of 
September, two more were taken by John 
M. Manro in the same locality and iden- 
tified by Mr. Rathbun. 
Birds, Central N. Y. 
0,40. Vll.Jtm. 1882 . p. /si. 
Bird Notes from Long Island, N.Y. 
William Dutcher. 
8. Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — Mr. Giraud 
considered this species on Longlsland, as “Nota very common bird, though 
its occurrence is by no means unusual. Almost every season a few are 
observed along the southern shores of Long Island, and during autumn we 
occasionally find it in our markets stripped of its feathers, and exposed 
for sale along with the Pectoral Sandpiper.”* My first specimen of this 
Sandpiper was not secured until August 28, of this year (1888), when one 
was presented to me by Mr. Frank M. Lawrence of Mastic, Suffolk Co. 
He subsequently wrote : “It was shot by a lad who sent it to me to iden- 
tify, and as it was a strange bird to me I forwarded it to you. He shot it 
on the meadows on the north side of the bay. It was albne.” The only 
other specimen of this species that has come under my personal observa- 
tion was one shot by Capt. W. N. Lane, in midsummer some twelve 
years since. It was presented to Mr. George Lawrence Nicholas and is 
now, I believe, in the Princeton College collection. Other late records 
for Long Island have been made by Mr. N. T. Lawrencef and Mr. DeL. 
Berier. J 
* Birds of Long Island, p. 231. 
t Forest and Stream, Vol. X, p. 235. 
t Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, p. 126. 
Auk, VI. April, 1889. p. . 
JL, L && - , cAf~. . 
Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — A finely 
mounted example is in the collection of Mr. David Bruce of Brockport 
which was taken in the town of Kendall, “ fifteen or sixteen years ago.” 
Also one was brought to Mr. Ernest H. Short of Gaines for mounting, 
in the fall 0L1897. 
TixaJL . y-oW~<m 
t cyA/.T . Auk, XYI, April, 1899, p p./?3-6. 
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper ( Tryngites subruficollis) on Long Island, 
N. Y. — Owing to the infrequent occurrence of this species on the Atlantic 
coast, I wish to record a young male in my collection taken at Rockaway 
Beach on Sept. 11 , 1906 . — J. A. Weber, New York City. 
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