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Michigan, Charity Island, September 28, Ann Arbor, October 9, and 

 Jackson, October 27; Ohio, Huron, October 21, Sandusky, October 

 24, Cedar Point, October 30, and Columbus, November T; Indiana, 

 Albion, October 17, Elkhart, October 19, and New Harmony, Octo- 

 ber 23; Illinois, Chicago, September 29, Maxwell, October 10, and 

 Urbana, October 18; Missouri, St. Louis, October 11, and Jaspar 

 City, October 15; Kentuclry, Bowling Green, October 13; Tennessee, 

 Athens, October 11, and Knoxville, October 24 ; Nova Scotia, Pictou, 

 October 9; New Brunswick, Scotch Lake, October 4; Quebec, 

 Montreal, October 2, and Quebec, October 12 ; Maine, Portland, Octo- 

 ber 8, Kennebec County, October 15, and Orono, October 21 ; Massa- 

 chusetts, Woods Hole, October 20, Braintree, October 22, and Boston, 

 November 2 ; Rhode Island, Newport, October 3 ; Connecticut, Port- 

 land, October 15, Hartford, October 19, and Windsor, October 20; 

 New York, New York City, October 13, Collins, October 15, and 

 Highland Falls, October 15 ; New Jersey, Camden, October 17 ; Penn- 

 sylvania, Renova, October 18, and Berwyn, October 28; and Mary- 

 land, Plummer Island, October 28. 



Casual records. — Spotted sandpipers have been detected twice in 

 Argentina, Concepcion on March 4, 1918, and mouth of the Rio Ajo, 

 October 25, 1920 (Wetmore). It also has been reported from Europe 

 on numerous instances, among which the following cases from the 

 British Isles, seem to be authentic: Two near Belfast, July and 

 September, 1928 ; one near Whitby, March 29, 1849 ; one at Kingsbury 

 Reservoir, Middlesex (date ?) ; two at Warrington, Lancashire, May, 

 1863; two at Eastbourne, Sussex, in October, 1866; and two at 

 Aberdeen in August, 1867 (Dalgleish). 



Egg dates. — Labrador: 7 records, June 1 to July 16. Quebec to 

 Nova Scotia: 53 records. May 20 to July 4; 27 records, June 15 to 

 19. New England and New York: 41 records. May 19 to July 9; 

 21 records. May 30 to June 13. Ohio to Iowa : 16 records. May 14 

 to July 6 ; 8 records. May 31 to June 16. California to Washington : 

 13 records, June 7 to July 7; 7 records, June 15 to 28. Alaska and 

 Mackenzie: 26 records, June 10 to July 22; 13 records, June 15 to 

 July 7. 



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HABITS 



One can not see this magnificent bird for the first time without 

 experiencing a thrill of enthusiasm for the largest, one of the most 

 interesting and notable of our shore birds, one that seems to embody 

 more than any other the wild, roving spirit of the vast open prairies. 



