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species — still, we observe it visits us regularly every spring and 

 autumn."* August 12, 1881, one was sent to me from Shinne- 

 cock Bay, by Mr. C. E. Perkins, of Hartford, Conn., an enthu- 

 siastic sportsman, who spends many weeks every summer on the 

 beaches and bars of that Indian-named bay. In 1883, Mr. Tal- 

 madge, another sportsman habitue of Shinnecock Bay, informed 

 me that three Marbled Godwits had been shot between Septem- 

 ber r and 8 by the sportsmen and their gunners who were shoot- 

 ing on the bay. 



During 1884 I did not record any. During the spring of 1885, 

 none were seen at Shinnecock Bay, my informant being George 

 A. Lane, who, with his brothers, is shooting every day during tlie 

 season. The summer and autumn of the same year produced 

 four, and possibly five, records as follows : August 25, one was 

 shot by Mr. W. M. Lawrence, a sportsinan who was located 

 at Atlanticville, a hamlet near the western end of Shinnecock 

 Bay. August 31, two were seen at the same place by L. E. 

 Howell, a resident gunner. The same day one was seen b}' 

 Mr. Perkins, some two miles further east. It was in all prob- 

 ability one of the pair seen by Mr. Howell. September i^^, Mr. 

 Perkins reports one seen and secured. 



II. Limosa haemastica. Hudsonian Godwit. — The 

 'Ring-tailed Marlin' of the gunners is much more often seen 

 than its congener, contrary to the record left by Giraud, who 

 states, ''This bird with us is not as plentiful as the former. A 

 few are shot every season on the shores of Long Island. "f 

 September 12, 1882, I recorded five at Shinnecock Bay, and on 

 October 5, four from near Babylon, Suffolk Co. During 1883, 

 September i to 8, Mr. Talmadge sent me records of six seen at 

 Shinnecock Bay. During 1884 Mr. Perkins sent me the record 

 of one shot August 8 at the same place. On the 2t5th of the 

 same month I received the record of one shot at South Oyster 

 Bay, Qtieens Co., and on the 29th of August Mr. N. T. 

 Lawrence furnished me with the record of two which weie seen 

 at Rockaway, Qiieens Co., one of which was secured. Mr 

 Talmadge shot two at Shinnecock Bay ; the first September 19, 

 the second on the 24th. During the spring of 1885, George A. 

 Lane notes their entire absence in his locality. The first record 



* Birds of Long Island, p. 260. 

 t Ib/d., p. 261. 



