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tipped bill. The head was chestnut, the sides of the breast cinnamon, and 

 as it flew the white in the wing was of course conspicuous. It was probably 

 an eclipse male. This is a very early, so far as we know, the earliest 

 recorded date for this rare duck. Strangely enough on Sept. 12, 1914, 

 at almost exactly the same spot, a reddish headed bird was observed by the 

 senior writer among about fifty American Widgeon, which were associated 

 with a large flock of Black Duck. This 1914 bird was, however, not 

 satisfactorily determined. — J. T. Nichols and Ludlow Griscom, New 

 York City. 



A Record of the Golden Plover {Charadrius dominicus dominicus) in 

 the State of Washington. — This interesting species has never before, 

 to my knowledge, been recorded as occurring in the State of Washington. 

 It gives me pleasure, therefore, to announce the capture of an adult female 

 at Dungeness, Clallum County, Washington. This bird was taken on 

 Nov. 14, 1915, by Mr. F. P. Mclntyi-e, of Tacoma, Wash., who very 

 kindly presented it to me and the skin is now in my collection. Mr. 

 Mclntyre informs me that he saw about a dozen other plover resembling 

 this one, but that he shot no more. It is possible that these, also, might 

 have been dominicus, but the Black-bellied Plover {Squatarola squatarola) 

 is a common visitor to Washington, so I think there is an equal possibility 

 that the other birds seen might have belonged to that species. 



Since obtaining the above mentioned specimen Mr. D. E. Brown, of 

 Seattle, Wash., told me of a specimen of C. d. dominicus that was taken 

 near there several years ago, but which I think was never recorded. Mr. 

 Brown also saw what, owing to the great amount of yellow on the upper 

 parts, he feels positive was another of this species a year or two ago on the 

 Tacoma Flats. This was in the late spring and the bird was in full breed- 

 ing plumage. Needless to say that Mr. Brown is well acquainted with 

 S. squatarola in all plumages. 



It seems very possible that certain of our shore birds are much more 

 numerous as migrants in Washington than is generally believed. The 

 Knot {Tringa canutus), for example, is given in the A. O. U. Check-List 

 as rare on the Pacific coast. It is therefore, interesting to note that on 

 May 11, 1913, Mr. Ray Gamble, of Tacoma, Wash., saw them in hundreds 

 at Willapa Harbor, Wash. Mr. Gamble brought back quite a sufficient 

 number to prove the truth of his report. In the spring of 1914, Mr. D. E. 

 Brown found the Knots to be by no means rare. 



Another species that has almost invariably reported as rare " on the 

 Pacific coast south of British Columbia, except in Lower California " is the 

 Pectoral Sandpiper {Pisobia maculata). I consider this species to be prob- 

 ably a regular fall migrant in the vicinity of Tacoma, Wash. Some years 

 it is common, twenty or more being seen on a morning walk on the Tacoma 

 Flats. 



The same thing may be said of the Yellow-legs (Totanus flanpes), which 

 is usually recorded as rare on the Pacific coast of the United States. This 



