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and which breed in the Arctic Lands, should arrive during the 

 first half of July — namely: — Macrorhamphus griseus et scolo- 

 paceus, Tringa canutus, Actodromas minutilla, Ereunetes pusillus, 

 Calidris arenaria, Totanus melanoleucus et flavipes, Numenius 

 Jiudsonicus, Squatarola squatarola, SEgialitis semipalmata, Arenaria 

 interpres f et morinella. Actodromas maculata arrives the early 

 part of September, while Actodromas fuscicollis and Pelidna alpina 

 sakhalina do not arrive until October. 



Limosa fedoa. Marbled Godwit. — An excessively rare mi- 

 grant. During the past twenty-five years I have taken but two 

 specimens, as follows:— - No. 443, November 3, 1884, 9, Mount 

 Pleasant; No. 1023, October 9, 1885, d\ Sullivan's Island. 



Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. — The 'Field 

 Plover' is now one of the rarest of the. waders that used to 

 be abundant on this coast during both migrations. The earliest 

 spring record upon which I have taken this fine bird is March 

 28, but they were generally to be seen between April 10 and 16. 

 A pair of these birds undoubtedly bred within a half mile of my 

 house in the year 1901, but all attempts to find the nest proved 

 futile. On May 11, 1901, one of these birds actually followed 

 me, as the Willet (Symphemia semipalmata) does in the breeding 

 season. The nest was, or had been, in a cotton field, but must 

 have been destroyed the previous day as the field was ploughed. 

 When this sandpiper grew tired of hovering over rne (with almost 

 motionless wings), it would alight on the top of a dead oak tree. 

 I have occasionally seen this bird light on the top of a dead tree 

 in the month of March. These birds must have eventually raised 

 a brood on this plantation, as they were seen until June 20. 



Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — The 'Span- 

 ish Curlew' is now about extinct on the South Carolina coast, 

 where it once swarmed in countless multitudes. Since 1885, 

 it has been supplanted by the Hudsonian Curlew {Numenius 

 hudsonicus), which is still exceedingly abundant during the spring 

 and autumnal migrations. From 1879 to 1885, longirostris was 

 to be found in the immediate vicinity of Charleston, but its num- 

 bers steadily, diminished year after year until at the present time 

 it is so rare a bird that one is seldom seen; in fact 1 have not seen 

 one since September 23, 1899. I do not think that longirostris 



