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Kiona, in eastern Washington, on August 6, 1916. Both these birds were 

 females. The only spring records are a very fine male that was taken by 

 Mr. Brown at South Tacoma on May 6, 1914, and three that he saw at the 

 same place on the 7th. 



Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Western Willet. — 

 I have heard of one or two that have been shot on the coast, but the only 

 specimen that I have seen is a female taken by Mr. Brown on the Tacoma 

 Flats, September 6, 1913. It was alone, not being in company with any 

 other shorebirds. 



Heteractitis incanus. Wandering Tatler. — We do not know much 

 about this species. Mr. Lien's earliest record is of four seen August 21, 

 in company with one Knot and a flock of Black Turnstones. His latest 

 record is September S, and six is the greatest number he has ever seen at 

 one time. All of these records were made in 1917. 



Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — The only 

 records of these birds that I have for the state are of a male and female 

 taken by Mr. Lien at West port, on September 3, 1917. He first saw the 

 pair on September 1, and again on the 2d, visiting the place with a gun on 

 the 3d and collecting them. Mr. Lien describes them as not at all wild, 

 and that, " They frequented a salt marsh, or grass covered tide flat, towards 

 the upper end and where the marsh edges off into the sand." 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — These birds are summer 

 residents throughout the state and breed, although nowhere to be found 

 in abundance. I am uncertain of the conditions east of the Cascades, but 

 in the vicinity of Puget Sound they are resident throughout the year, 

 being found on the tideflats even in the coldest winters. 



Numenius americanus. Long-billed Curlew.— Civilization is 

 working the inevitable with these buds. At one time they were doubtless 

 common summer residents of eastern Washington, but my only record for 

 the state in recent years is of a pair that I found at Kiona, in Benton 

 County, dining the second week of May, 1904. At this time they had 

 newly hatched young, concerning which they were most solicitous, hover- 

 ing only ten or fifteen feet above my head and whistling continuously. 



Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — A regular and very 

 abundant spring migrant, usually arriving with great regularity on April 

 22, which is my earliest record. Latest spring record June 2, 1916 The 

 only season when I have positively known it to visit us in the fall is during 

 the present year of 1917, when they were very abundant. The first seen 

 was a male that I collected on July 16, the last being shot on October 1. 

 The record made on June 2, 1916, was at Dungeness where Cantwell saw 

 about fifty in scattered flocks. 



Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — A common fall 

 and spring migrant. I have no reports of them from the east side. Latest 

 spring record May 18, 1913. Earliest fall record August 20, 1916. They 

 are doubtless winter residents, as Cantwell saw twenty-five at Dungeness 

 on January 24, 1916. 



