4 : 
202 BRITISH BIRDS. [VoL. XI. 
(B) On migration north. Two March, Kandahar, moulting body and 
wings; two May, Egypt, in body-moult ; one May, Cyprus, finishing 
body-moult; one spring, Turin, moulting a few feathers on mantle; 
one June, Havre, no body-moult, but moulting tail-feathers. 
(c) In breeding-haunts. Two July, Petchora, getting a few summer 
feathers on body, one shot from a nest with eggs. 
JUVENILE. 
None of the specimens examined from the breeding-localities or on 
migration south were in moult. 
The following were in moult in winter quarters: two Khartum 
were in body-moult, one January finishing body-moult, one February, 
Lado (Egyptian Sudan), completing first winter moult and moulting 
primaries. 
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER (Ereunetes pusillus). 
DistTRIBUTION.—Breeds from arctic shores of North America south 
to mouth of Yukon river and to south Ungava. Winters from Texas 
and Carolina through West Indies and Central America to Patagonia. 
AutuMN Moutt oF THE ADULT. 
(A) In breeding-haunts. One July, Franklin Bay‘(Canada), shot 
from nest with three eggs, in full body-moult into winter-plumage ; 
one Fort George, June (shot with three young), in full body-moult. 
(B) On migration south. Two August, Ipswich and Truro, 
Massachusetts, in body-moult; one August, Truro, has acquired 
some winter feathers, but apparently is not in moult; one August, 
Toronto, and one September, Ipswich, are both in body-moult; one 
August, New Jersey, has acquired some winter feathers, but is not 
in moult. 
(c) In winter quarters. Some July and August specimens from 
the West Indies are in body-moult, three or four have acquired some 
winter feathers, but are not in moult ; one September, Virginia Beach, 
in body-moult ; one October, Florida, one November, Lower Amazons, 
and one November, Texas, are all in body-moult; one not dated, 
Bolivia, in body- and wing-moult. 
SprinG Mout oF THE ADULT. 
(A) In winter quarters. Two Bahia, in full body-moult ; February, 
March and April specimens from the West Indies all moulting body- 
feathers, as are two from Florida and two from Brazil and two March 
and April from Guatemala. 
(B) On migration north. One May, Ipswich (Mass.), and one May, 
Illinois, both in body-moult, the latter almost in full breeding-plumage ; 
one June, Toronto, acquiring a few body-feathers. Birds from 
Toronto, Truro (Mass.), Indiana, etc., and a few from breeding-haunts 
in May and June were not in moult. 
JUVENILE. 
One EL. pusillus mauri, July, Alaska, was beginning to moult on the 
mantle and head. Specimens not in moult occurred from Labrador, 
Brazil (September), Grenada (September), Florida (October), Bermuda 
(October), ete. Two from Florida, one not dated and one October, 
were in body-moult. 
YELLOWSHANK (Tringa flavipes). 
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DistTRIBUTION. Breeds from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, nortll 
Mackenzie, central Keewatin and south Ungava to valley of Upper 
