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did Mr. Wood ever mention having seen this species even when 

 the subject of conversation turned on the results of these same 

 Port Austin trips. It is certain that none of these birds were 

 taken, or if taken they were not preserved. We believe that Mr. 

 Wood's identifications of the White-rumped Sandpiper on the 

 Lake Huron shore are purely retrospective and that an entirely 

 misleading conception has been given of the status of this species 

 in the State. 



Charadrius dominicus. Golden Plover. — The standing of 

 this species in our local list is far from satisfactory. It seems to 

 be generally regarded as a more of less common migrant, but 

 specimens to support the claim are not forthcoming. We have 

 found but one bona fide specimen for the Detroit River, — N. A. 

 Wood, Oct. 12, 1895, Gibralter, Mich. Others have upon exam- 

 ination proved to be Black-bellied Plovers (Squatarola squatarola). 

 We have found the latter common during the falls of 1905 and 1906 

 at Point Pelee and have met with but one each year of the Golden. 

 The experience of W. E. Saunders in southern Ontario has been 

 about parallel with ours in regard to the relative abundance of the 

 two species, and Mr. Fleming (Auk, XXIII, p. 451) gives informa- 

 tion pointing to the conclusion that the Golden Plover is an erratic 

 visitor to our shores, while the Black-belly is a regular and common 

 local migrant. It seems that most, if not all, the Lake Erie and 

 Ontario records of the Golden Plover are fall ones, yet this is just 

 the season that they should not be found here, according to W. W. 

 Cooke in his 'New Facts About the Migration of Birds,' 1903. 

 The mention of S. squatarola in most of our local lists is suspicious 

 in the light of the above. The well known sportsman writer, Ed. 

 Sandys, has an entertaining account (Outing, 1899, p. 183) of the 

 unusual abundance of Golden Plover in the region of the Thames 

 River, on the Canadian side of the Lake St. Clair, during September 

 and October; and again (ibid., 1897, p. 305), he states that on the 

 shores of Lake St. Clair he found them very common October 

 15, 1896. Immediately on the other side of the lake, we have never 

 been able to get track of the species, either by personal observation 

 or by talks with the shooters. 



Arenaria morinella. Ruddy Turnstone. — We have seen a 

 case containing two high-plumaged Turnstones that Mr. Campion 



