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Bay birds turn eastward to the Atlantic coast. An early arrival 

 appeared on Long Island, New York, July 17, 1897 (Worthington), 

 but the usual time of arrival is a month or more later; Hay ward, 

 Calif., August 3, 1889 (Emerson); Point de Monts, Quebec, August 

 28, 1883 (Merriam); Plymouth, Mass., September 17, 1852 (Browne); 

 Erie, Pa., September 21, 1875 (Sennett); Washington, D. C, Sep- 

 tember 25, 1894 (Hasbrouck). 



The last deserted the breeding grounds at Point Barrow, Alaska, 

 September 7, 1882 (Murdoch); September 4,. 1897 (Stone). The 

 last have been noted at St. George Island, Alaska, October 3, 1899 

 (Bishop); Bering Island, October 25, 1884 (Grebnitsky) ; Chicago, 

 111., November 3, 1906 (Ferry); Oberlin, Ohio, October 27, 1906 

 (Jones); St. Clair Flats, Michigan, November 20, 1904 (Blain); Otta- 

 wa, Ontario, average October 4, latest October 29, 1889 (White); 

 Portland, Me., November 11, 1906 (Eastman); Barnstable, Mass., 

 December 23, 1903 (Howe); Comox, British Columbia, December 5, 

 1903 (Brooks). 



CurleTV Sandpiper. Eroliafemiginea (Briinn.). 



The curlew sandpiper breeds only in the Eastern Hemisphere, but 

 wanders not infrequently to the Atlantic coast of North America. 

 The only eggs so far known were taken July 3, 1897, in the delta of 

 the Yenisei River, Siberia (Newton), and June 24-July 6, 1900, on 

 the northwestern coast of the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia (Dresser). 

 It is probable that all Greenland records for this species are erro- 

 neous, and that the only reliable record in Arctic America is that of 

 the single individual taken June 8, 1883, at Point Barrow, Alaska 

 (Murdoch). On the Atlantic coast of America it has been recorded 

 about twenty times from Halifax, Nova Scotia (Jones), to Cape May, 

 N. J. (Abbott). A few dates are in May, but the larger part are in 

 the fall from August to October. One specimen was taken about 

 1886 in the interior at Toronto, Ont. (Fleming). The species has 

 been recorded from Grenada Island, West Indies (Cory), and there 

 is a specimen in the British Museum said to have been taken in eastern 

 Patagonia. 



In winter the curlew sandpiper ranges south to southern Africa, 

 India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. During migration it 

 has been noted in the Philippines and China, and west to Great 

 Britain. 



Spoon-bill Sandpiper. EuryTimhyndMs pygmeus (Linn.). 



The spoon-bill sandpiper inhabits the Eastern Hemisphere and 

 ranges in summer to northeastern Siberia. It migrates through Japan 

 and China and winters as far south as Burma and India. One was 

 taken in 1849 on the Choris Peninsula of Alaska — the only record for 

 the Western Hemisphere. 



