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ORIENT. Rare spring, common fall transient. May 20, 

 1913 to May 28, 1914; August 1, 1919 to November 7, 1916. 

 MASTIC. Uncommon transient. 



LONG BEACH. Uncommon transient, formerly rare. April 

 30, 1922 (Friedmann) and May 8, 1919 (Bicknell) to June 

 20, 1918 (Bicknell); Septembers, 1921 (Bicknell) to December 

 25, 1914 (Fleischer); casually as early as August 9 and 23, 

 1917 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Formerly regarded as a fairly common fall 

 transient at Ossining (Fisher). Now unknown. No recent records 

 anywhere in this area. 



BRONX REGION. One record, October 12, 1912 (Griscom 

 and LaDow), on the flats near Watson's Woods, a locality 

 since destroyed. 



New Jersey. Unknown in our area, except from the Newark 

 Bay Marshes; October 2 to October 16, 1921, and a flock of 40 on 

 November 5, 1922 (Urner). 



CUELEW SANDPIPER (Erolia ferruginea) 

 An accidental straggler from Europe. The bird was 

 known to our early ornithologists, and Giraud states that 

 about ten specimens had been obtained in Fulton Market, 

 all from the "ever productive shores of Long Island." More 

 recently a female was taken May 24, 1883 on Shinnecock 

 Bay, and another specimen was sent to Mr. Butcher by mail 

 June 9, 1891, presumably from Long Island. 



SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (Ereunetes pusillus) 

 Perhaps our most abundant transient Shore-bird. There 

 is no prettier picture than a flock of these trustful little 

 "Peep " trotting down the beach or scattered over a mud-flat, 

 busily searching for food. It is frequently difficult to distin- 

 guish them from the Least Sandpiper. The latter is rustier 

 on the back, and more streaked below in the summer plumage, 

 but these distinctions apply also to the Western Sandpiper. 

 The Least always has greenish-yellow instead of black legs. 

 What I regard as the best distinguishing character between 

 the two species, however, is the bill, which is stouter and 



