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selves chiefly to the grassy fields, the Sanderlings to the beaches, 
and the Pectorals to the marshes where they associated with 
Yellow-legs. I also found a Stilt Sandpiper on the marshes. 
After this storm Black-bellies, Yellow-legs and Pectorals were 
abundant for some time, but by the first of September the Summer 
Yellow-legs were scarce, while their larger relatives became more 
abundant. 
The Black-bellies and Pectorals, however, stayed on; in fact the 
former were still common on the 21st of September, while the latter 
did not perceptibly diminish in numbers until after the middle of the 
month. 
I was fortunate enough to spend ten days at the South Beach, 
close by the mud flats of Tisbury Pond and near to some excellent 
salt meadows from which the water had been drained. On these 
flats and meadows I had excellent opportunities to keep track of 
the birds. Of course being right on the ground I saw many more 
birds than if I had been in the village. ‘The first day that I was 
at the beach, the 8th of September, I saw a couple of Curlew, a Knot, 
and numerous Black-bellies, Pectorals and Peep. I secured a West- 
ern Sandpiper from a flock of Peep; the bill in this specimen 
measured 1.09 inches. On the days following this first I saw many 
more of the species mentioned above except the Western Sandpiper. 
On the 10th I saw a Golden Plover on the flats. 
I came up from the beach on the 18th but the watch on the migra- 
tion was continued for that day at any rate, at Ipswich, where Barron 
Brainerd in company with Mr. C. J. Maynard saw 2 Red-backed 
Sandpipers, 7 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and 4 Golden Plover. 
On the 21st at West Tisbury the only new arrival was the Red- 
backed Sandpiper; the last Summer Yellow-legs was seen on that 
date. 
Thereafter I had no opportunities to go out at the Vineyard, but 
on September 25 Barron Brainerd, Joseph Kittredge and I went 
down to Ipswich; it was very evident however that most of the 
birds had gone south, and that the great majority of the late strag- 
glers would be cripples. 
