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distinguished from them by its larger size and buff 

 markings." This bird was mounted, and is now, 

 I believe, in the Victoria Memorial Museum (Geo- 

 logical Survey) at Ottawa. 



242. Pisohia minutilla (Yieill.). Least Sandpiper; "Peep," 

 — Common in fall, rare in spring. Occurs from 

 July 25 to Oct. 20th. Frequents salt marshes 

 after hay is cut, the mud-flats at low tide, or the 

 ponds of brackish water just out of reach of the 

 tide, but is rarely seen on the sand beaches. 



243a. Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieill.). Red-backed Sand- 

 piper. — Uncommon autumn visitor. Seen on Long 

 Island Beach during latter part of August and first 

 of September in pairs or small flocks.* 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). Semipalmated Sandpiper; 

 "Peep." — From about July 23rd to latter part of 

 September these birds may be seen on the mud 

 fl&ts and sand beaches. They are by far the most 

 common among the shore-birds which visit Nova 

 Scotia during the fall migrations. At Long Island 

 Beach, where most of my observations have been 

 taken, they occur in myriads from August 5th 

 to 20th. Here they are much persecuted by "pot- 

 hunters," despite the fact that they are protected (?) 

 by theProvincial game laws till Sept. 1st, by which 

 date most of them have passed on. 



248. Calidris leucophcea (Pall.). Sanderling. — Common 

 fall migrant, Sept. 1 to Nov 25th. One record 

 for winter, a pair seen at mouth of Gaspereau River, 

 Jan. 7th, 1916. No records for spring. 



♦Compare also Piers's remarks on the possibility of the occurrence of the Dunlin (Pelidna 

 alpina alpina) in Nova Snotia. in Trans. N. S. Inst. Sc, v )1, 13, pp. 232-234 (1915). 



