42 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 
the United States in early May, as shown by! the following dates of 
arrival: Long Island, New York, average May 4, earliest April 21, 
1906. (Latham); eastern Massachusetts, average May: 8; ‘city of 
Quebec, average May 2, earliest April 28, 1900 (Dionne); Chicago, 
Ill., average May 8, earliest May 4, 1898 (Gault); Oberlin, Ohio, aver- 
age May 12, earliest May 8, 1905 (Jones); southern Ontario, average 
May 15, earliest May 8, 1889 (McIlwraith); Ottawa, Ontario, average 
May 18, earliest May 10, 1888 (White) ; Onaga, Kans., average May 11, 
earliest May 9, 1904 (Crevecoeur); southern Saskatchewan, average 
May 17, earliest, May 12, 1903 (Harvey); Fort.Resolution, May 19, 
1860 (Kennicott); Fort Providence, May 15, 1905 (Mills) ; Fort Simp- 
‘son, May 17, 1904 (Preble); Loveland, Colo., average April 21, earliest 
April, 19, 1890 (Smith); Cheyenne, Wyo.,: average April 28, earliest 
April 23 1888 (Bond); Newport, Oreg., average April 29, earliest April 
21, 1901 (Bretherton); southern British Columbia, average April 22, 
earliest April 20, 1905 (Brooks); Nulato, Alaska, May 11, 1867 (Dall); 
Kowak River, Alaska, May 15, 1899 (Grinnell). 
Eggs were taken near Fort Anderson, Mackenzie, June 21, 1862; 
June 24, 1863, and June 30, 1864 (MacFarlane); Yakutat Bay, 
Alaska, June 21, 1899 (Merriam); downy young at Lake Marsh, 
Yukon, July 2, 1899 (Bishop), and an egg ready to lay at the Kowak 
River, ‘Mastce, June 1, 1899 (Grinnell). 
Fall migration. — The following dates of arrival show how very 
early some individuals of the species: must start southward: Sitka, 
Alaska, common July 2, 1896 (Grinnell); southern British Columbia, 
July 2, 1889 (Brooks); North Dalles, Wash., July 4, 1897 (Fisher); 
near San Diego, Calif., July 13, 1894 (Mearns); Fort Bridger, Wyo., 
July 13, 1858 (Drexler); Lincoln, Nebr., July 14, 1900 (Wolcott); 
Detroit, Mich., July 9, 1905 (Swales), July 7, 1906 (Taverner); near 
Toronto, Ontario, July 4, 1891 (Nash); Lexington, Ky., July 16, 
1905 (Dean); Long Island, New York, average July 8, earliest July 
6, 1898 (Worthington); Bahamas, July 16, 1903 (Riley), July 18, 
1904 (Allen); the Lesser Antilles, the middle of July (Feilden); off 
the coast of Venezuela, July 23, 1892 (Hartert). 
Some dates of the last seen are: Cape Blossom, Alaska, August 10, 
1898 (Grinnell); southern British Columbia, average September 11, 
latest September 18, 1903 (Brooks); Aweme, Manitoba, average Sep- 
tember 4, latest September 26, 1899 (Criddle) ; Long Island, New York, 
September 17, 1905 (Latham); Erie, Pa., October 3, 1895 (Todd); 
Back River, Maryland, November 3, 1894 (Kirkwood). 
Long-toed Stint. Pisobia damacensis (Horsf. ). 
The long-toed stint is a species of eastern Asia, accidental in 
North America. It breeds in eastern Siberia, Kamchatka, Bering 
Island, and south to the Kurile Islands; west probably to the valley 
of the Lena River. This statement of breeding range is based on 
