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CASPIAN TERN. Sterna caspia Pallas. One fine adult seen here this 

 fall. Between Gary and Mineral Springs, Indiana, September 17, 1919. 



FORSTER'S TERN. Sterna forsteri Nutt. A few seen at Millers. Indi- 

 ana, August 16, 1919. Fairly common between Millers and Dune Park, 

 Indiana. August 24, 1919. Between Gary and Mineral Springs, Indiana, 

 September 10, 1919. Abundant for the season when all terns have been 

 present in smaller numbers than usual. 



DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus 

 (Sw.) Dune Park. Indiana. Five seen May 6, 1919. Three seen in Lake 

 Michigan between Mineral Springs and Dune Park, Indiana, September 24, 

 1919. 



BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Pisobia bairdi (Coues). One seen Dune Park, 

 Indiana, August 31, 1919. Two. male and female, taken between Gary and 

 Mineral Springs, Indiana, September 10, 1919. 



RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieill.). Dune 

 Park, Indiana. May 6, 1919. One taken. 



SANDERLING. Calidris leuciphaea (Pall.). Millers, Lake County. Indi- 

 ana. About a dozen recorded August IG, 1919. Two taken. Proved to be 

 adult males — all adults in summer plumage. August 24, 1919, twenty-five 

 or thirty, all adults but one. were seen along the same beach. August 28, 

 1919, they were common between Gary and Dune Park. Indiana. About half 

 observed were adults changing to winter plumage and half young of the 

 year. Over 100 seen between Gary and Mineral Springs, Indiana, September 

 10, 1919. On same beach only a few in immature and winter plumage were 

 seen September 17, 1919. On September 24, 1919, at the same place larger 

 numbers than I have ever seen here before. At least 200 on two miles of 

 beach. 



BLACK-BELLIED PLOA'ER. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). One adult 

 in summer plumage, between Millers and Dune Park, Indiana, August 24, 

 1919. One female plumage half changed between Gary and Dune Park, 

 August 28. 1919. Between Gary and Mineral Springs. Indiana, on Septem- 

 ber 10, 1919, seven were seen and two collected. All adults in changing 

 plumage. Adults precede the yomig of the year two or three weeks. On 

 same beach two immature specimens were collected September 17. 1919. 



TURNSTONE. Arenaria interpres interpres (Linn.). Four seen. One 

 female taken. One adult. Three juveniles. Between Gary and Dune Park, 

 Indiana. August 28, 1919. 



PIPING PLOVER, ^gialitis meloda (Ord). Dune Park, Porter County, 

 Indiana. Nest and two eggs found. May 6. 1919. Another nest and four 

 eggs found in same locality May 12, 1919. These little Plover still nest in 

 one or two places along the Indiana shore — as many as six pair being seen 

 in one locality. The shore Is being frequented more and more and the 

 Plover will soon be gone, I am afraid. A few seen August 16, 1919, at 

 Millers, Indiana. 



ARCTIC THREE-TOED ^A'OODPECKER. Picoides arcticus (Swains). 

 An adult male was taken about one mile east of Dune Park. Porter County, 

 Indiana, October 24, 1920, by H. L. Stoddard. 



