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On August 19 ('93, Janon Fisher) a number were shot a few 

 miles down the beach from Ocean City. On August 27, '93, a 

 bunch of about 30 were on the flats opposite the Navy Yard, 

 Washington, D. C. (B. A. Bean, Forest and Stream, xli, 

 230). On November 3, '94, I saw a single bird in the Balti- 

 more market, still quite fresh, which had been shot " down thg 

 necks," possibly one or two days before. 



Pavoncella pugnax (260). Ruff. 



On September 3, '94, a bird of this species was shot at Four 

 Mile Run by Wm. Palmer (Richmond). This European species 

 has occasionally been taken on the coast of New England and 

 the Middle States (for references see Key, 641). 



Bartramia longicauda (261). Bartramian Sandpiper. 



Common during migrations and fairly represented in summer. 

 In Dulaney's Valley they were first noted on April 21 ('94, 

 Fisher), the migratory birds leaving about the middle of May; 

 they are noted again from August 11 ('95) to September 8 

 ('95). This year ('95) two pair spent the summer in the north 

 end of the valley, and about a mile apart. These I visited 

 weekly; up to July 14 both birds of each pair would allow of 

 quite close approach, one, presumably the female, often circling 

 round within 50 feet. They gave every sign of nesting, but it 

 was not until early in August that the young were seen flying 

 with the parents. On August 8 two young birds were shot. 

 These birds were flying in two bunches of 4 and 6 until 

 September 1. 



On July 3 ('95) one, evidently lost, was flying round calling 

 over an electric light in Baltimore City at 11.30 P. M. 



"On July 27 ('89) one was shot at Laurel by Geo. Marshall. 

 First recorded at Washington on April 6 ('92); few stop on 

 their passage, but they are commonly heard while migrating at 

 night" (Richmond). "A summer resident, rare at that season" 

 (A. C., 83). 



