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The only other records near New York City in recent years 

 are Manhattan Beach, three birds on the breakwater November 

 9, 1912 (W. H. Wiegmann), and casually on Staten Island, 

 specimen taken November 3, 1908 (J. P. Chapin). 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Pisobia maculata) 

 This species, often called the Krieker, from its character- 

 istic call-note, is preeminently a bird of grassy marshes, and is 

 rarely seen on mud-flats or sandbars. In plumage it is 

 essentially a large edition of the Least Sandpiper, but a 

 practised ear can readily distinguish the more usual call 

 notes, which in this species suggest the Snipe and the Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper. Near New York City the Pectoral 

 Sandpiper seems to be a decidedly rare bird at the present 

 time, especially in spring, and it is almost certain that 

 " hundreds" reported in late May from the outer beaches by 

 inexperienced observers are Least Sandpipers that " looked" 

 large and said "kriek-kriek!" In former years it was appar- 

 ently commoner inland in our area than at the present time. 

 Long Island. Rare spring, common fall transient; March 22 

 to May 30; July 6 to November 10. 



ORIENT. Rare transient; May 15, 1910; July 7, 1917 to 

 October 1, 1911. 



MASTIC. Uncommon spring, fairly common fall transient. 

 LONG BEACH. Rare spring and fall transient, local condi- 

 tions unsuited to its requirements; May 4, 1922 (Bicknell), 

 May 5, 1912 (Griscom), and May 28, 1911 (Griscom and 

 LaDow); August 2, 1917 (Bicknell) to November 7, 1911 

 (Griscom). 



New York State. Formerly a rare fall transient at Ossining 

 (Fisher), now unknown. 



BRONX REGION. Formerly a rare visitant to the marshes 

 near Watson's Woods at West Farms; May 26, 1906, (Hix 

 and Wiegmann); July 26, 1913 (Griscom) to October 12, 1912 

 (Griscom and LaDow). No records since this locality was 

 destroyed. 



New Jersey. Reported as a rather common migrant at Morris- 

 town 40 years ago (Thurber). Now unknown except in the Hacken- 

 sack and Newark Marshes; Mr. Urner reports it as rare between 



