Vol- JXVIIj General Notes. 345 



Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — This species was recorded 

 but once, on July 21, when several were seen. 



Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. — Appeared Sept. 

 24 and straggled along until Oct. 27, never more than two or three being 

 seen together. 



Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — First seen July 21; 

 was more or less common until Sept. 16; last seen Sept. 23. 



Calidris leucophaea. Sanderling. — A flock of five on Aug. 18 was the 

 first appearance of this species. Sept. 15 and 16 it was fairly common, 

 and was last seen Sept. 24. 



Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — Appeared Oct. 12 

 and 13 when five were seen. A flock of seven on Oct. 17 is the only other 

 record. 



Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. — A single individual seen Aug. 1; 

 a flock of seven on Sept. 15 and 16; and five on Sept. 23 are the only records. 



Helodromas solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — Ordinarily a fairly 

 common visitant, but only one specimen was recorded, Sept. 16. 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — A rather common summer 

 resident; it was last seen Sept. 16. 



Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — First seen Sept. 3; 

 a few scattering individuals then seen until Sept. 25. 



Charadrius dominicus. Goldent Plover. — One individual taken Oct. 

 27 constitutes the only record for this species. 



Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — On July 25, a flock of about 75 

 appeared. They continued common until Sept. 16 when the majority 

 were frightened away. From the 16th of Sept. to Oct. 20 scattering 

 flocks of from 3 to 50 appeared, so that they were never entirely absent 

 from the beaches. The last record was made Oct. 27. 



.ffigialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — First appeared 

 July 23; common until the 16th of September; a last straggler Nov. 3. 

 This bird was poor in flesh and had probably been wounded. 



Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. — On Sept. 15, three of this maritime 

 species were seen running along the sand beaches, prying under shells, 

 bark and bits of water plant in their characteristic manner. One was 

 collected the following day in the same place. 



Most of these records were not made in time to be included in the recent 

 paper by Reed and Wright on ' The Vertebrates of the Cayuga Lake Basin, 

 N. Y.' and hence we have the occasion of their presentation at this time. 



It might be well in this connection to mention also the capture of a Yel- 

 low Rail {Coturnicops novehnracensis) at Tthaca, Nov. 3, and an immature 

 King Eider {Somateria spectabilis) at the north end of the Lake (Cayuga), 

 Nov. 26 by Mr. J. T. Lloyd.— Arthur A. Allen, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Top-White on Mammals and Birds. — This is one of the points in our 

 book (Concealing-Coloration) upon which some naturalists have not yet 

 understood us. They have not read us carefullj^ and take our pictures 



