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Ereunetes preserved, 14 were identified by Mr. Ridgway as occi- 

 dentales, and these too were taken at random from a lot of 

 about 25 dead birds" (Hugh M. Smith, Auk, xi, 385). Several 

 were shot at Virginia Beach, on September 6 and 7, 1884, by 

 Messrs. Henry Seebohm and C. W. Beckham (Auk, xi, 101). 

 Two have been taken in New Jersey: one on September 14, '80, 

 the other on May 17, '92 (Birds E. Pa. and N. J., 75). 



Calidris arenaria (248). Sanderling. 



Abundant coastwise during migrations; several were seen 

 and one shot at Cobb's Island on May 20 ('91, Fisher), and one 

 was taken at Ocean City on September 23 ('94, Tylor). 



"Near Washington one was taken on September 23, '94, by 

 Wm. Palmer ; another in '74, and one on October 24, '85, at 

 Gravelly Pun " (Richmond). 



"Abundant transient on the New Jersey coast, keeping pretty 

 much to the beach, April 18 to June 1, September 14 to October 

 15. Some also are said to remain through the winter. Dr. W. 

 L. Abbott secured one specimen in the spring migration as late 

 as June 13. Occasional on the lower Delaware" (Birds E. 

 Pa. and N. J., 75). 



Limosa fedoa (249). Marbled Godwit. 



This species " does not appear to go far along the Atlantic 

 coast northward" (Key, 635). Bather rare transient on the 

 New Jersey coast, where it seems to have been more plentiful 

 formerly ; occurs in May, and again from the last week of July 

 to September 15. Dr. Warren states that a fe^v have been 

 captured in recent years in Lancaster, Philadelphia and Dela- 

 ware Counties" (Birds E. Pa. and N. J., 75). 



Limosa haemastica (251). Hudsonian Godwit. 



" Much less abundant in the United States than the preceding, 

 and appears to range chiefly along the Atlantic 'coast" (Birds N. 

 W., 494). "On May 16, '86, I shot a Hudsonian Godwit at 



