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July 25; Lower California, San Jose del Cabo, September 3; Al- 

 berta, Strathmore, July 31; Wyoming, Toltec, July 27; Colorado, 

 Denver, July 21, Boulder County, July 27, and El Paso County, July 

 29; Saskatchewan, Maple Creek, July 17; Manitoba, Oak Lake, July 

 12, and Red Deer River, July 23; South Dakota, Forestburg, July 25; 

 Nebraska, Callaway, August 4, and Lincoln, August 9; Texas, San 

 Angelo, July 20; Ontario, Toronto, Jul}' 28; Michigan, Charity 

 Island, July 9; Ohio, Bay Point, July 3; Illinois, Chicago, July 2; 

 Massachusetts, Monomoy Island, July 14; New York, Montauk, Au- 

 gust 14, Locust Grove, August 18, Onondaga Lake, August 27; 

 Pennsylvania, Beaver, August 21, Erie, August 22; Mexico, Zaca- 

 tecas, August 16, Colonia Garcia, September 4, and Janos River, 

 September 5; and Patagonia, Arroyo Seco, Rio Negro, September 

 6, and Huanuluan, September 12. 



Late dates of fall departures are: Alaska, Point Barrow, Septem- 

 ber 4; British Columbia, Comox, September 15, and Okanagan 

 Landing, October 18; Washington, Tacoma, September 27; Oregon, 

 Netarts Bay, September 12; California, Monterey, October 24; Colo- 

 rado, Boulder County, September 25, and Barr, October 5; Sas- 

 katchewan, Indian Head, September 21; Manitoba, Oak Lake, Sep- 

 tember 5, and Shoal Lake, September 14; North Dakota, Charlson, 

 September 21; Nebraska, Valentine, October 10, and Lincoln, No- 

 vember 3; Kansas, Lawrence, October 26; Texas, Tom Green and 

 Concho Counties, October 20; Iowa, Burlington, October 2, and 

 Keokuk, October 14; Ontario, St. Thomas, October 3, Toronto, 

 October 10, and Plover Mills, October 20 ; Ohio, Painesville, October 

 11, and New Bremen, October 28; Illinois, Chicago, October 2; 

 Missouri, Independence, October 13; Maine, Warren Island, Sep- 

 tember 20, and Bangor, November 1; Massachusetts, Cambridge, 

 October 30; Connecticut, West Haven, October 28, and Stratford, 

 November 3; New York, Shinnecock Bay, October 31, and Canan- 

 daigua, November 20; and Pennsylvania, Erie, October 6. 



Casual records. — The Baird sandpiper has several times been taken 

 or observed in various parts of Mexico so that it seems reasonable 

 to believe that at least a part of the birds migrate over that country. 

 In other Central American countries and in the West Indies it is 

 rare. Among the records are: Costa Rica (Cerro de la Candelaria, 

 October 1900, Volcano Irazu, June 8, 1894, La Estrella de Cartago, 

 November 5, 1907, and San Jose, September 18) ; and Cuba (Cocos 

 Island). It also has been detected on the Galapagos Islands (Bar- 

 rington Island, October 6, 1897) ; Lesser Antilles (Dominica, October 

 1. 1904) ; Virginia (Four-mile Run, September 3 and 25, 1894) ; 

 New Jersey (Stone Harbor, September 5, 1898) ; Quebec (Montreal, 



