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West Bay Light, November 2; New Jersey, Long Beach, October 1; 

 and Virginia, Hog Island, November 12. 



Casual records. — The dowitcher has many times been taken out- 

 side of what appears to be its normal range, in fact there are so 

 many records for the interior that it seems certain individuals regu- 

 larly follow the flyway of the Mississippi Valley. 



Among these records are Bermuda, Harris Bay, September 26, 

 1847, and August 21, 1848, Pearl Island, September 10, 1874, and 

 Peniston Pond, September 17, 1875 ; District of Columbia, Washing- 

 ton, September 1879; Pennsylvania, Erie, July 19, 1892, and Car- 

 lisle, August 12, 1844, and September 12, 1844; Tennessee, Reelfoot 

 Lake, November 27, 1875; Illinois, Mount Carniel, October 9, 1875, 

 Calumet, October, 1881, South Chicago, May 6, 1893, and Grand 

 Crossing, July 19, 1893: Indiana, Liverpool, September 9, 1892; 

 Ohio, Pelee Island, August 10, 1924, and September 3, 1910, and 

 Columbus, October 16, 1921; Michigan, Wayne County, July 16, 

 1906, August 26, 1905, and October 7, 1890; Ingham County, Au- 

 gust 26, 1897, and East Lansing, August 14, 1908 ; Ontario, Toronto, 

 August 1, 1894, August 24, 1891, and September 15, 1889, and Ot- 

 tawa, May 9, 1890; Iowa, Burlington, August 6, 1893, and August 

 16, 1893, and Marshalltown, August 10, 1914; Wisconsin, Lake 

 Koshkonong, August, 1886; Texas, Corpus Christi, May 18, 1886, 

 San Patricio County, June 11, 1887, Fort Clarke, April 26, 1882, 

 Padre Island, August 26 and 27, 1891, Aransas Bay, August 14, 

 1905, and Rockport, February 3, 1909; Idaho, St. Joseph Marshes, 

 September 12, 1895 or 1896; Mackenzie, Fort Rae, June 9, 1893; 

 Greenland, Fiskenaesset in 1854; Ungava, Fort Chimo, June 10, 

 1883 ; and Alaska, Nushagak, September 24, 1882, and June 9, 1884. 



There also are 15 records of its occurrence in the British Isles ; one 

 each near Havre, and Picardy, France, and northeastern Siberia, 

 near Jakutsk. 



Egg dates. — Alberta : 9 records, June 1 to 16. 



LIMNODROMUS GRISEUS SCOLOPACEUS (Say) 

 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 



HABITS 



This is supposed to be a western form of the species, characterized 

 by an average larger size, a decidedly longer bill, and more uniformly 

 rufous under parts in the adult spring plumage. It was first de- 

 scribed and long regarded as a distinct species, but later develop- 

 ments have shown intergradation and it has been reduced to sub- 

 specific rank. The above characters seem to hold good in all speci- 

 mens collected on their breeding grounds in Alaska and northwestern 

 Mackenzie; and these characters are distinctive and well marked. 



