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('76a, p. 19), and one shot on the mudflats at the month of 

 Cambridge river, vSept. 4, 1880, and two others, a male and a 

 female, at the same place on the following day ( Brewster, '81a, 

 p. 60) ; Rye Beach, two were shot on August 26, 1880, by Mr. 

 H. M. Spelman ('81 b). One of these birds was in company 

 with " a large flock of peeps." 

 Dates : August 26 to September 5. 



70. Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper.. 



A very common migrant in spring, late summer and fall, on 

 the coast, and to a less extent inland, where it occurs about the 

 larger bodies of water. Mr. F. W. Batchelder ( : 00, p. 125) 

 records this bird at Manchester, June 3 and July 10, and asks 

 thus if it may not be a summer resident ; on the contrary, these 

 dates probably represent the end of the spring migration and 

 the beginning of the fall migration respectively. 



Dates : Last week of May to June 3 ; July 10 to September. 



77. Tringa alpina paciflca (Cones). Red-backed 



Sandpiper. 



An uncommon migrant on the coast. A few should occur in 

 spring, but my only records are in fall, when the bird is com- 

 moner. 



78. Ereimetes pusillus (Linn.). Semipalmated Sand- 

 piper. 



A very common spring and fall migrant coastwise, and also 

 not uncommon in fall as a migrant along the shores of the larger 

 bodies of water, as at Lake Umbagog (Brewster, 81a, p. 61), 

 Dublin Lake (Thayer, in litt.) and Ossipee Lake (Preble, in 

 lit. ) 



Dates : May ; July to September. 



71). Calidris are naria (Linn.). Sanderling. 

 A common spring and fall migrant on the coast. Mr. Wil- 

 liam Brewster noted it as common at Rye Beach after August 2. 



SO. Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled Godwit. 

 An accidental visitant. Mr. William Brewster permits me to 



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