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we made search for its nest which we soon found with four 

 eggs in it. The situation selected for incubation could not 

 have been better chosen in any portion of the country, as it was 

 on a rising piece of ground, with a southern exposure, protected 

 in the rear by a large wood, and at the foot of the high ground 

 was a considerable extent of low marsh meadow watered by a 

 never-failing stream, along the border of which the anxious 

 parent at any time could obtain a bountiful supply of food." 



Mr. Zacharia Laney, of Cumberland, informs me that he has 

 taken this species from February 28 to the last of the 

 gunning season, April 30 ; how much later they stay he does not 

 know, but some years ago while exercising a pair of young dogs 

 in June, they flushed a pair from a marshy slew. 



Macrorhamphus griseus (231). Dowitcher. 



Common during migration in tidewater Maryland during 

 April and May, and from early in August to the first touch of 

 cold weather; a specimen in the collection of Mr. A Resler was 

 taken at Back River as early as March 6 ('75). Inland, Mr. 

 Dukehart has secured a number in both spring and fall in Du- 

 laney's Valley. 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (232). Long-billed 

 Dowitcher. 



Of this western species "seven were killed from a flock on 

 the Anacostia River, D. C., in April, 1884, by a gunner who 

 sold them in the market for Jack Snipe. One similar to the 

 others was secured and mounted by one of the writers and has 

 been identified by Mr. Ridgway as the western species" 

 (Hugh M. Smith and Wm. Palmer, Auk, v, 147). 



Micropalama himantopus (233). Stilt Sandpiper. 



Casual migrant on the Atlantic coast, one was " taken on the 

 Patuxent River, Md., September 8, '85, by Mr. H. W. Henshaw. 

 This capture was made beyond the regular District of Columbia 



