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Lanesboro, May 30, Heron Lake, June 2, and Wilder, June 10; 

 Texas, Fort Brown, May 16, Dallas, May 20, and Corpus Christi, 

 May 29; eastern Nebraska, Lincoln, June 9; South Dakota, Ver- 

 milion, May 24, and Forestburg, May 30; North Dakota, Jerusalem, 

 June 1 ; Manitoba, Killarney, May 28, and Shoal Lake, June 5 : 

 California, Fresno, May 15, Santa Barbara, May 17, and Alameda, 

 May 21 ; Oregon, Beaver Creek, Lincoln County, May 18, and Silver 

 Lake, June 4; and British Columbia, Cowickan, May 18. 



Fall migration. — Early dates of fall arrival are: Washington, 

 Smith Island, August 14, and Point Chehalis, August 20 ; California, 

 Santa Barbara, September 9, Alameda, September 19, and Hayward, 

 September 20; Manitoba, Gimli, August 20; South Dakota, Forest- 

 burg, July 30; eastern Nebraska, Lincoln, September 1; Minnesota, 

 Wilder, September 16; Ontario, Brighton, July 31, and Ottawa, 

 August 21; Michigan, Saginaw Bay, August 20, and Ann Arbor, 

 September 21; Ohio, Youngstown, August 10, Pelee Island, August 

 15, and Cleveland, August 22; Illinois, Chicago, July 22; Quebec, 

 Godbout, September 7; Massachusetts, Norton, August 26, and Taun- 

 ton, September 1 ; New York, Orient, August 11, Canandaigua, Sep- 

 tember 14, and Ithaca, September 24; Pennsylvania, Erie, September 

 25; Maryland, Lock Raven, September 3; District of Columbia, 

 Washington, September 25; Virginia, Smiths Island, September 28; 

 and South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, September 30. 



Late dates of fall departures are: Siberia, Bering Island, 

 October 25; Alaska, Sitka, October 10, mouth of the Yukon River, 

 October 13, and St. Paul Island, October 30; British Columbia, 

 Comox, October 22, and Chilliwack, November 29; Manitoba, Lake 

 Winnipeg, October 31; eastern Nebraska, Lincoln, November 7; 

 Minnesota, Hallock, October 16; Wisconsin, Madison, November 15; 

 Iowa, Keokuk, October 4, and Marshalltown, October 12; Ontario, 

 Ottawa, October 29, and Long Point, November 2; Michigan, 

 Detroit, October 11, Sault Ste. Marie, October 22, and St. Clair 

 Flats, November 20; Ohio, Huron, November 5, Youngstown, Novem- 

 ber 8, and Columbus, November 28; Illinois, Chicago, October 31, 

 Lake Forest, November 3, and La Grange, November 6; Maine, 

 Lewiston, October 12, and Portland, November 25; Massachusetts, 

 Lynn, November 3, Boston, November 10, and Monomoy Island, 

 November 14; Rhode Island, Block Island, November 16; Connecti- 

 cut, Fairfield, November 29; New York, Orient, November 12, and 

 Long Beach, December 25 ; and Pennsylvania, Erie, November 3. 



Casual records. — Accidental occurrences of the red-backed sand- 

 piper have been reported mostly from the Rocky Mountain States. 

 Among these are: Arizona, near Tucson, April, 1883; Nevada, 

 Pyramid Lake, May, 1868; and Utah, Ogden and Salt Lake City 

 (reported in September by Allen). It also has been reported as 



