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for some minutes before it took wing. In 19 lo one appeared in 

 flight over Cherry Pond on September 3 ; and on October 4 at 

 lyittle Cherry Pond one came on the wing near our boat and 

 was seen not more than thirty feet away, remaining on wing for 

 several minutes before fl^ang off southwestward. 



Mr. Marble furnishes the record of two or more birds heard 

 calling over Saco Ivake late in the afternoon of September 25, 

 1910. Mr. Spaulding states that his sou Roger brought him a 

 fine specimen during the spring migration of 1909, shot from 

 a flock of four birds on May 21. Mr. Spaulding observed a 

 bird on the Connecticut meadows in the spring of 1910. 



38. Totanus flavipes. YklivOw-i^egs. 



An uncommon fall migrant. On August 21, 1903, one was 

 seen in a field in lyancaster near the Connecticut River. The 

 bird came out into the road, when it was followed up by my 

 friend with a camera, merely taking wing over the roadside 

 fence. It showed no shyness, while we viewed it at a dis- 

 tance of only fifteen to twenty feet. We left it standing in the 

 road when we proceeded on our way. On August 8, 1907, 

 August 25, 1908, August 19 and 31, 1909, a single bird was 

 seen in flight at Cherry Pond. In 1910 a bird in flight, calling, 

 was observed at Cherry Pond on four occasions, August 17 and 

 29 and September 3 and 17. 



39. Helodromas solitarius solitarius. Solitary 



Sandpiper. 



A regular spring and fall migrant. The spring migration 

 is usually missed, but on May 27, 1903, four birds were seen on 

 the shore of Davis Pond. With them were two Spotted Sand- 

 pipers and a Semipalmated Plover. Two Plover were present 

 the following day, but the vSolitary Sandpipers had gone. 



In the fall migration the earliest birds noted have been one 

 at Brooks Pond, July 16, 1905, which continued there to 

 August 20, thirty-six days, presumably the same bird, as it was 

 frequently seen ; and one on July 20, 1908, by a small pool at 



