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Road in Lancaster on October 5, 1904. They severally stood 

 or waded in the shallow water. Following a fence line between 

 this ploughed field and an adjoining grassy field, I came to 

 within fifty feet of the birds. The}'- moved slowly about, fed, 

 or stood still, quite unconcerned, while I observed them for a 

 half-hour. Mr. Spaulding has in his collection a bird which 

 was shot on October 8, 1888. He states, " I have seen birds on 

 numerous dates that I have not recorded." 



34. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



A rare spring migrant. One was seen at Davis Pond, 

 June I, 1903, in company with three Spotted Sandpipers. 



35. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 An uncommon fall migrant. Two were seen at Davis 



Pond on August 23 and again on August 25, 1909, with two 

 Solitary Sandpipers each day. Mr. Marble furnishes the record 

 of a single bird in company with a Semipalmated Plover 

 on September 3, 1908, on a sand-bar in Saco Lake, which 

 remained but a few minutes. 



36. Calidris leucophaea. Sanderling. 



Mr. Marble furnishes the record of a single bird which 

 passed the forenoon of August 18, 1909, on the shore of Saco 

 Lake. He states that the weather was rainy and that the bird 

 was not at all shy. 



37. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yei.i.ow-degs. 

 A not uncommon fall and spring migrant. On October 4, 



1906, a flock of eight birds was seen at Cherry Pond, visible on 

 the wing for several minutes and calling, but not alighting. 

 When it appeared that they were about to alight, they wheeled, 

 rose again, and continued on their way. In 1909, on August 

 19, seven birds were similarly heard and seen at Cherry Pond ; 

 and on September 6 a single bird remained there for some time, 

 standing on a rock which rose out of the water ; while on Sep- 

 tember 18 one w^as seen on the muddy shore of Davis Pond 



