eae ail NicHots, MurpHy ANp Griscom, Long Island Notes. 441 
Island. Mr. E. P. Bicknell writes that he observed ‘“ on June 22 at Long 
Beach (1916) a flock of twenty-one Hrewnetes pusillus and with them one 
Aigialitis semipalmata and one Tringa canutus.” This is the latest spring 
date for all three species. 
Arquatella maritima maritima. Purpte Sanpprper. — Three 
seen November 9, 1912 (Manhattan Beach) by W. H. Wiegmann. 
Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Rerp-spackep SANpprpeR.— Ninety-six, 
May 25, 1913 (Jones Beach), an unusual number for so rare a spring 
migrant. 
Calidris leucophzea. SanperRiinc.— January 4, 1910 (Long Beach) 
and December 4, 1913 (Long Beach) are recent winter records. <A red- 
breasted specimen was shot by one of the writers from a flock on the sea 
beach north of Great Pond, Montauk, August 3, 1915. 
Limosa fedoa. Marsiep Gopwit.— Now rarer than the Hudsonian 
Godwit. Two were shot by Mr. W. 8S. Dana on Moriches Beach, August 
10, 1910, and the skin of one preserved. 
Limosa hzemastica. Hupsonian GopwitT.— 
Tryngites subruficollis. Burr-sreastep SANDPIPER.— The status 
of these two rare shore-birds on Long Island seems not to have changed 
appreciably in the last twenty-five or thirty years. There was a Buff- 
breasted Sandpiper in the collection of the late deL. Berier from Gowanus 
Bay presumedly in the late eighties, though it bears no further data. We 
learn that the 1888 specimen recorded by Dutcher (Auk 1889) as from 
Mastic was collected by Dr. Rolfe Floyd. Messrs. Wm. T. and J. L. 
Helmuth inform us that two have recently been taken near Easthampton, 
viz. on September 7, 1910, and September 4 (Sagaponack Beach, Bridge- 
hampton), 1916. In a letter recently received, Mr. W. F. Hendrickson 
writes that his brother (Mr. J. H. Hendrickson) reports “ five specimens 
of the Buff-breast within the past few years.” Probably Hudsonian 
Godwit stragglers occur each year — we know of one (an adult taken at 
Mastic August 21, 1915, and another (immature) taken at the same place 
October 6, 1916. 
Bartramia longicauda. Upitanp PLover.— Reported by Mr. Henry 
Thurston from Floral Park, October 20, 1916, the latest Long Island date. 
Actitis macularia. Sporrep Sanpprper.— April 21, 1912 (Long 
Beach) earliest spring arrival. 
Numenius hudsonicus. Hupsonian Curtew.— Long Beach, May 
31, 1914, C. H. Rogers, is the latest spring date of which we know. 
Squatarola squatarola. BLAcK-BELLIED PLover.— One hundred and 
fifty May 27, 1911 (Long Beach); three hundred May 25, 1913 (Jones 
Beach); four hundred May 24, 1914 (Jones Beach); to show increase of 
this species in the spring. Two seen at Long Beach, November 26, 1916, 
obviously not cripples, the latest fall date. 
Zgialitis meloda. Prernc PLover.— Two November 7, 1911 (Long 
Beach) latest fall date; five pairs seen May 24, 1914 (Jones Beach). 
Arenaria interpres morinella. Ruppy Turnstone.— Twenty-four 
