4 9 8 DUTCHER, Bird Notes from Long hland, N. T. [October 



of the fall migration was by Lane, who saw^ two August 26. 

 Mr. Perkins shot two between vSeptember 7 and 12. Subse- 

 quently five more were shot on various points and bars on Shin- 

 necock Bay, the latest record being one secured October 9, l)y 

 Mr. E. A. Jackson, a gunner resident at Atlanticville. 



12. Vanellus vanellus. Lapwing. — Early in December, 

 1SS4, I heard a rumor that a strange bird had been shot on Long 

 Island. After some extended inquiry I traced it to the possession 

 of Mr. C. IL Lott. In reply to a communication on the subject, 

 I received the following: ^'Merrick, L. I., December 18, 1SS4. 

 The birds to which you refer (European Lapwings) were seen 

 here in the month of December, a day or two after Christmas of 

 last year, 1SS3. It was just after the severe northeast snow storm 

 that we had at that time. One was shot and preserved by my son, 

 C. H. Lott, Jr. The mate remained about the place for two or 

 three weeks after and then disappeared. In the meantime it had 

 been shot at several times, but was not captured, so far as I know. 

 It seemed to get very wild after its mate was shot." Having as- 

 certained from Mr. Lott the name of the taxidermist who mount- 

 ed the bird, I wrote asking its condition when it was brought to 

 her. Her husband replied as follows : '■'The bird you have refer- 

 ence to was not a bird that had been caged. It was a wild bird." 

 January i, 18S6, I visited Mr. Lott at his residence and made a 

 careful examination of tlie bird. I could find no evidence that it 

 ever was other than a wild bird. Its plumage and legs were clean 

 and in no degree cage-worn or stained. I also visited the taxi- 

 dermist, who was positive that it had never been caged. From 

 all the circumstances in the case I can but conclude that the record 

 is a good one, and I therefore have decided to make it public, and 

 claim it not only as the first record for this species on Long 

 Island, but also on the continent of North America below the 

 60th parallel of latitude. 



13. iEgialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover.— Since the 

 record I made in 1879* I liave been able to secure only one speci- 

 men of this Plover on Long Island. May 16, 1884, Mr. G. A. 

 Lane shot one at Sliiimecock Bay, which he sent to me. It was 

 a female and some of the o\a were materially increased in size. 

 It was in company with some Turnstones when shot. Nelson 

 Verit\', of South Oyster Bay, Qiieens Co., a professional gun. 



* Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, p. 242. 



