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Pelidna alp'ma sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. — This 

 migrant must be rare, as but one bird was seen at Birchwood 

 Beach, May i8, 1919. 



B^eunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — This is a 

 common fall migrant. We found them at Birchwood Beach 

 August 27, 191 7, and saw flocks each day until September 10. 



Calidris leucophcea. Sanderling. — This abundant fall migrant 

 was first seen at Birchwood Beach August 31, 191 7. After 

 that date it was the most common wader until August 10. 

 They were in fall plumage. 



Totanus Hampcs. Yellow-legs. — Xot a common migrant in 

 this region. The only ones seen were two at south pond May 

 9, 1918. 



Tringa solitaria solitaria. Solitary Sandpiper. — This is a 

 rather rare migrant for which we have the following records : 

 1917, September 10, south pond; 1918, May 6, Willow Brook; 

 1920, Alay 8, Warren Woods ; May 9, mud flats along Galien 

 River. 



Bartramm longicauda. Upland Plover. — A rare summer 

 resident. The writer saw a pair in the meadow by the roadside 

 north of Three Oaks, June 15, 1920. 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — A common summer 

 resident which was seen daily on the Lake Michigan beaches 

 in May and June, 1918. A few were noted along the Galien 

 River in Warren Woods in May, 1919, and one was flying 

 over north pond on Warren Dunes, May 3, 1920. 



Oxycchns vociferus. Killdeer. — This is a common summer 

 resident, and was often seen by us in the fields back of the 

 dunes in 1917 and 1919, at Warren Woods in May, 1919, and 

 at the Warren Dunes May 27. 1920. 



Charadrins sciiiipahuafus. Semipalmated Plover. A rare 



