72 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



95. (248.) CALIDRIS ARENARIA (Linn.). 212. 

 Sanderling. 



Synonyms: Tringa arenaria. 



Ruddy Plover, Beach-bird. 

 Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 480. 



This light colored sandpiper is often common along the 

 lake shore during both migrations. It appears to be less com- 

 mon in the interior of the state, but should be found on the 

 gravelly beach of lake or large pond or reservoir. In flight 

 the flocks are compact and move as one bird. I saw eleven 

 killed from a flock of less than thirty birds with one dis- 

 charge of the shot-gun. I have never seen the birds except 

 in flocks of from six to fifty individuals. 



The food consists largely of the insects washed ashore 

 by the waves, and any other fragments of animal matter 

 wh i '~h the birds care for. They seldom run out on the beach 

 far from the water, but depend largely upon the waves for 

 food. 



It passes through Lorain county during May, rarely tarry- 

 ing into the first week of June, and returns by the middle 

 of August, remaining well toward October. 



96. (249.) LIMOSA FEDOA (Linn.). 213. 

 Marbled Godwit. 



Synonyms: Limosa fceda, Scolopax fedoa. 



Great Marbled Godwit, Doe Bird, Dough Bird, Marlin. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165, 185. 



I am able to add nothing to Dr. Wheaton's records of 

 this bird in the state. "Dr. Kirtland notes its capture in sev- 

 eral instances in northern Ohio. Mr. Langdon states on the 

 authority of Mr. Dury, that thirty-three were 'shot in one 

 day, near the mouth of the Little Miami, some years ago, by 

 Charles Weeks, Esq.' A specimen was taken by a son of 

 Dr. Jasper in the immediate vicinity of this city (Colum- 

 bus), April 21, 1879." The wariness of the shore birds 

 and the absolute necessity of securing specimens of most of 

 them to make the identifications sure, are reasons which 

 make the records of so many so unsatisfactory. 



