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by a keen perception, he has succeeded in 
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lation to the publisher. It was with sincere 
regret that his earnest request for release 
was entertained. 
It has been thought advisable to divide 
the O. and O. during the present year into 
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O. and O. has not received sufficient sup- 
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much less, from any particular class. The 
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usual interest. As in the past, the O. and 
O. is too much of a favorite to be left in the 
cold. Ata hint, friends came to the front, 
volunteering their services, almost causing 
embarrassment in choosing. Mr. F. H. 
Carpenter, who will act as general editor, 
is by no means a stranger to the old 
readers and needs no introduction. His 
rown finish will no doubt tint the pages 
of Vol. XI. The oological department, in 
the hands of J. Parker Norris, Esq., of 
Philadelphia, can scarcely fail to become 
accepted authority. Messrs. Wright & 
Bates, professional entomologists, of Bos- 
ton, the publisher has reasons to believe 
will cause their section to teem with en- 
tomological ecstacy. The O. and O. inthe 
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of ’86. Frank B. WesstTER. 
Summer and Fall Shore Bird Migra- 
gration at Cape Cod—1885. 

BY J. C. CAHOON. 

In the August number of the O. and O. I gave 
a list of the shore bird migration at Monomoy 
Island. Below is a list of the summer and fall 
migrants. No notes were taken between June 26 
and July 12, as I was away from the island dur- 
ing that interval. 
July 12, weather fair ; found four Semipalmated 
Sandpipers on the flats and several Least, do, on 
the meadows ; Roseate and Least Tern abundant ; 
Arctic Tern common; young Spotted Sandpipers 
full grown. July 13, fair; no new arrivals noted. 
Found four Semipalmated Sandpipers feeding 
along the surf the same as Sanderlings. July 14, 
cloudy with wind §. E.; heavy rain in the morn- 
ing. This storm brought along a large number 
of Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers; several 
Least Tern collected were moulting. July 15, 
fair and cooler; collected young Piping Plover 
which were full grown; found a nest of the Least 
Tern containing two eggs, incubation fresh. July 
16, fair; Semipalmated Sandpipers abundant. 
July 17, foggy ; collected a Velvet Scoter. July 
18, clear; new arrivals seen were five Willets and 
several Petrel. July 21, wind 8. W. and blew, 
very fresh, rain fell in the afternoon; found four 
Red-breasted Snipe and several Semipalmated 
Sandpipers on the flats ; two of the Snipe secured 
were adults; saw two Greater Yellow-legs. July 
23, wind E; saw a large flock of Coot out in the 
bay. July 27, wind 8. E.; among new arrivals 
were several bunches of Sanderling and three 
adult Robin Snipe. July 31, wind E.; saw two 
Richardson’s Jaegers; Least Tern diminishing 
in number. 
August 1, wind E.; new arrivals were a small 
number of Black-bellied Plover; Semipalmated 
Plover abundant. August 4, wind blowing 
fresh from S. E.; rained a part of the day. 
Aug. 6, wind N. E.; found Red-breasted Snipe 
and Turnstone common ; one large flock of about 
fifty Black-bellied Plover seen; a Willet and a 
Hudsonian Curlew noticed. Aug. 7, a bunch of 
five Robin Snipe seen. Aug. 8, found a young 
Least Tern that could hardly fly. Aug. 13, wind 
S. W., foggy all day ; six young Bonaparte’s Gulls, 
fifteen Greater Yellow-legs, and four Black Ducks 
noted as new arrivals. Aug. 15, wind 8. W., light 
rain in the morning; a large flock of Yellow-legs 
seen; new arrival, a Black Tern; Piping Plover 
are leaving the island. Aug. 15, wind N., blew 
fresh ; number of Black Tern, increased to seven, 
only one of which was an adult; one Jaeger and 
