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and is in liis possession.^ Mr. Wni. Ganung shot an adult 

 female Marbled God wit at West Haven, Conn., on x\ugust 26, 

 1909.2 



RUFF {Machetes pucjna.v). See page 314. 



Mr. Wm. T. Bowler took an immature female Ruff on 

 September 7, 1909, on the Point Judith marsh, which was in 

 company with two Pectoral Sandpipers. This is the third 

 record for Rhode Island. The specimen is now in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Harry S. Hathaway.^ On October 16, 1912, a 

 female Ruff was taken on the Nonesuch River, Scarboro, Me., 

 by Mr. I. W. Pillsbury. It is now in the collection of Mr. 

 Arthur H. Norton. This was taken but a short distance from 

 the spot where Mr. Everett Smith shot the first Maine speci- 

 men in 1870. This furnishes the fourth record for the State, 

 the others being: the Smith specimen referred to, April 10, 

 1870 (Smith, Forest and Stream, 1883, p. 85); a female taken 

 at Tipton, Me., September 8, 1874 (the second specimen, but 

 the first to be published) (Brewster, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 

 1876, p. 19); a specimen recorded as taken at Camden, Me., 

 September 4, 1900 (Thayer, Auk, 1905, p. 409). '^ 



LONG-BILLED CURLEW {Numenms americanus) . See page 328. 



A Long-billed Curlew was taken July 21, 1887, and another 

 on July 25, 1891, probably on the Salisbury marshes, by Mr. 

 Benjamin F. Damsell.^ 



ESKIMO CURLEW {Numemiis horealis). See page 430. 



Mr. Benjamin F. Damsell notes one taken on August 31, 

 1889, one on August 28 and one on the 29th, 1893, near Ames- 

 bury.^ A single bird was taken at Alberton, P. E. I., by Mr. 

 C. O. Zerrahn of Milton, Mass., in 1905. The skin is now in 

 his collection. In the history of this bird, as written for the 

 first edition, it was stated that it was not improbable that a 

 few more birds of the species or even small flocks might yet 

 be seen or taken. Apparently several birds have been taken 



1 Hathaway, Harry S.: Auk, 1913, p. 551. ■< Norton, Arthur H.: Auk, 1913, p. 576. 



2 Bishop, Louis B.: Auk, 1910, p. 462. 6 Allen, Glover M.: Auk, 1913, p. 24. 



3 Hathaway, Harry S.: Auk, 1913, p. 552. 



