SS PROCEEDINGS MANCilESYER INSl'ITUtE 



42. Oxyechus vociferus. Kili^deer. 



One casual instance. I quote from Dr. Allen's ''Birds of 

 •New Hampshire: " "A second accidental record is of a bird 

 shot at Jefferson, to the north of the White Mountains, in 

 December, 1893. Mr. F. B. Spaulding, to whom I am indebted 

 for this record, states that the bird was in a very emaciated con- 

 dition and evidently unable to proceed further." 



43. Aegialitis semipalmata. Skmipai^mated Peover. 

 An uncommon spring and fall migrant. One was seen at 



Davis Pond, May 27, 1903. Two were seen at the same pond 

 on the following day. These were not shy, while three Spotted 

 Sandpipers took wing repeatedly and flew from point to point 

 of the muddy shore. Again, on August 27, 1908, two were 

 seen at Davis Pond ; one also on the 31st and on September 2, 

 and two on September 3. 



Mr. Marble states that on September 3, 1908, during a 

 northeast rainstorm, a single bird in company with a Semipal- 

 mated Sandpiper remained for several minutes on a sand bar in 

 Saco lyake. The birds allowed him to make a close approach. 



44. Aegialitis meloda. Piping Plover. 



A rare fall migrant. One record only has been obtained. 

 On September 7, 1903, two birds were seen on the shore of 

 Davis Pond, which were clearly identified as Piping Plover. 



Dr. Allen in his "Birds of New Hampshire" gives no 

 record of this species within the State except, upon the author- 

 ity of Mr. Ned Dearborn, as " a regular migrant along our 

 coasts." 



45. Canachites canadensis canace. Canada Spruce 



Partridge. 

 An uncommon resident on the Presidential Range and for- 

 merly in heavily timbered lands in the vallej^ bottom. On Sep- 

 tember 17, 1901, a male bird was seen on the Durand ridge of 

 Mt. Adams near the timber line among the thick stunted 



