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along the lake shore. The mount is now, with the rest of his collection, 

 in the possession of his father, Mr. William Mvhill of the Ridge Road. 



Rallus elegans. King Rail. — About August, 1SS0, Mr. Milo C. 

 Webster of Knowlesville (now of Buffalo) while out on a hunt in company 

 with Rev. J. H. Langille, shot a King Rail in a marsh on the lake shore 

 in the town of Carlton. Mr. Langille makes mention of this specimen in 

 his ' Our Birds in their Haunts,' page 400. 



Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. — Two individuals, taken by 

 Mr. F. A. Macomber of Murray near that place, April 21, 1S94, and 

 another the following year at about the same time. Two of these speci- 

 mens are now in his collection, — the third is in the collection of Mr. 

 David Bruce of Brockport. 



Tringa canutus. Knot. — A young male of the year was taken on the 

 Lake Ontario shore in the town of Carlton, Sept. 9, 1897, by Mr. Percy 

 Smithe of Medina. 



Tringa fuscicollis. White-rumped Sandpiper. — Mr. Percy Smithe 

 of Medina secured a male of this species from the lake shore in Carlton, 

 Oct. 16, 1897. 



Tringa bairdii. Baird's Sandpiper. — A mounted specimen in my 

 collection marks the first occurrence (so far as I have been able to learn) 

 of this Sandpiper in the western half of New York State. It was taken, 

 together with one other of its kind, Sept. 3, 1895, at "the head of still 

 water," on Oak Orchard Creek (just north of Waterport) by Mr. John 

 Ritenburgh of Gaines. These two specimens slumbered unrecognized, 

 in the possession of Mr. Ritenburgh until Sept., 1S97, when they were 

 turned over to Mr. Ernest H. Short. If Mr. Short recognized these 

 birds as Tringa bairdii, he made no stir about the matter nor any record 

 of the rare occurrence, disposing of one of them, meanwhile. The 

 other I procured of him, December 2, 1898, and determined its identity 

 forthwith. While these two specimens were remaining unrecognized, 

 others were being taken in our county, were more promptly analyzed 

 and recognized, and a published record made, thereby gaining a prior- 

 it}' over these taken three years before. 



Mr. J. L. Davison of Lockport, N. Y., while sojourning at Lakeside 

 Park, this county, during the early fall of 189S, secured along the lake 

 shore near that point, five specimens of Tringa bairdii, as follows: — 

 Aug. 20, two ; Sept. 8, two ; Sept. 16, one. I am indebted to Mr. Davison 

 and to Miss Mathilde Schlegel (who mounted them) of East Aurora, 

 N. Y., for complete and detailed data regarding the taking of these addi- 

 tional five Baird's Sandpipers in my own count}' of Orleans. (See Forest 

 and Stream, Jan. 7, 1S99). 



Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — A finely 

 mounted example is in the collection of Mr. David Bruce of Brockport 

 which was taken in the town of Kendall, " fifteen or sixteen years ago." 



Also one was brought to Mr. Ernest H. Short of Gaines for mounting, 

 in the fall of 1897. 



