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when it should be in the midst of breeding operations 

 would seem remarkable, were it not for the fact that this 

 is by no means an unprecedented event. I know of 

 several instances of the appearance in England of birds, 



MARSH-SANDPIPER — MALE SHOT NEAR RYE, 

 JUNE 18TH, 1909. 



SUSSEX, ON 



not known to breed here, at a time when they should 

 have been engaged in rearing their young. The cause of 

 this is probably due to the fact that their eggs have been 

 destroyed, and it being too early to migrate southwards, 



