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migrant on the coast. Mr. Fletcher Osgood was informed that 

 " back in the '40*3 probably " it bred " now and then on the Lynn 

 marsh." l 



May 20 ; July 17 through August. 



Dedham : " One instance." Essex County : "August. Rare." 



73. Macrorrhamphus griseus (Gmel). DOWITCHER. 



A rather uncommon autumn, but rare spring migrant on the 

 coast. Occasional inland.* 



(March 8) May i to June i ; (June 18); July 9 to September 30. 



Bristol County: "Rather common transient visitant." Cohasset : 

 "Common in fall, less so in spring." Dedham: " Occasionally shot." 

 Essex County : " May and August. Common." Ipswich: One instance. 

 August. Nantucket: " Scarce." Springfield : " Rare spring and autumn 

 migrant." Templeton: "Rare migrant." Wellesley : "Occasional, 

 sometimes not very uncommon in fall on lake shores." 



74. Macrorrhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say). LONG- 

 BIL^LED DOWITCHER. 



A rare straggler in autumn from the west.^ 

 August 29 to November 3. 

 Nantucket : " Scarce." 



75. Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). STILT SANDPIPER. 

 An irregular, but not uncommon autumn migrant on the coast. 



Casual inland. 



July 19 to September 29. 



Cohasset : " Rare in fall." Ipswich : Recorded. Nantucket: " Scarce." 

 Wellesley : ''Accidental inland." July at Needham. 



76. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.). WILLET. 



A rare spring and autumn migrant along the coast. It undoubt- 

 edly bred formerly, near New Bedford 2 and on'Muskeget Island. 3 

 Occasional inland. 



May 2 to 31 (June 15) ; July 8 to last of September. 



1 Osgood ; Shooting and Fishing, Vol. IX, No. I, Oct. 30, 1890, p. 12. 

 * Howe; Auk, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Apr., 1901, pp. 157-162. 



2 Audubon ; Birds of Amer., Vol. V, 1842, p. 324. 



3 Baird, Brewer and Ridgway ; Water Birds, Vol. I, 1884, p. 287. 



