Number 57 June 20, 1918 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Michigan. Published by the University. 



THE PURPLE SANDPIPER AT CLEVELAND, OHIO 

 By Bradshaw H. Swaees 



It seems desirable to place on record a specimen of Arqna- 

 tella niaritinia that is in the collection of the Museum of 

 Zoology, University of Michigan. This bird. No. 47105, was 

 secured at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 11, 1883, by H. E. 

 Chubb and is evidently a bird of the year. Although long at- 

 tributed to the Great Lakes region, actual records are extreme- 

 ly scarce and known specimens even more so. The above 

 record seems to represent the only Ohio specimen extant. 

 Dr. Wheaton says: "Very rare visitor on Lake Erie. Mr. 

 Winslow informed me that a specimen was taken many years 

 since in the vicinity of Cleveland, which was preserved in the 

 Museum of the Cleveland Academy of Natural Science." 

 (Ohio Geological Survey, Vol. 4, 1882, Birds, p. 476.) Whether 

 this specimen is in existence or not I have been unable to 

 ascertain. 



Jones (The Birds of Ohio, Ohio State Acad, of Science, 



