50 NORTH AMERICAN: SHOREBIRDS. 
Fall migration.—The sanderling was seen off the coast of Venezuela 
July 7, 1895 (Robinson), but regular fall migration does not begin 
until some weeks later, as shown by the following dates of fall arrival, 
which in each case are considerably earlier than the average: Big 
Stick Lake, Saskatchewan, July 19,’ 1906. (Bent); Lincoln, Nebr.,: 
August 7, 1900 (Wolcott); Toronto, Ontario, July 16, 1898 (Nash); 
Newfoundland, August 2, 1887 (Palmer); Erie, Pa., July: 27, 1900 
(Todd); Long Island, New York, July 20, 1900 (Scott); San Mateo,' 
Tehuantepec, August 5, 1869 (Sumichrast). The last was seen at 
Point Barrow, August 27,1897 (Stone); St. Michael, Alaska, Septem- 
ber 11, 1899 (Bishop);! Homer, Alaska, August 29, 1901 (Chapman) ;: 
Prince of Wales Strait, August 30, 1850 (Armstrong); Grinnell Land,. 
about: August 31, 1882 (Greely); Prince Edward Island, October 30, 
1887 (Bain); Montreal; Canada, October 7;::1889 (Wintle) ; Lincoln, 
Nebr., October 4, 1898 (Bruner, Wolcott, and! Swenk); Ottawa, On- 
tario, October 22, 1887 (White); Erie, Pa., November 17, 1902 (Todd). 
Ps Marbled Godwit. Limosa fedoa (Linn.):: 
Breeding range.—¥ormerly the marbled godwit was a common 
breeder in northern Nebraska’ (Say), ‘in northern Towa south to about 
latitude 43° (Preston), and a few undoubtedly nested in Wisconsin, 
at about the same latitude (Kumlien and Hollister). It is not prob- 
able that the species now breeds in either State, and the principal 
summer home at the present time is from northern North Dakota 
(Rolfe) to the valley of the Saskatchewan , (Bent). To 
‘Winter range.—The' species passes south in winter to southern 
Guatemala (Salvin) and Belize (Sclater. and Salvin), and remains ag 
far north as. ‘southern Lower California, (Forrer) and the coasts of 
Louisiana (Beyer), Florida (Scott), and Georgia (Worthington). . 
Migration range.—On the way , from the summer home to the winter, 
some individuals formerly took, a, course almost due. east and appeared 
in the Maritime Provinces of. Canada (Macoun) and on the coast of 
New England (Brown), becoming more common to the south until it 
would hardly have been called rare on Long Island. and. the New 
Jersey coast. At the present; time, it is almost unknown on the 
Atlantic coast north of Florida. There seem to be no winter records 
of the species in the West Indies, but as a rare visitant in fall. migra- 
tion it has been recorded from Cuba (Gundlach), Porto Rico (Gund- 
lach), Grenada (Wells); Cettincan (Wells), and Tunided islands, 
(Leotaud); °° 
A migration also tales nies westward to the Pacific epaats ‘ : Thougti 
the species is not known to breed within several hundred miles of the 
Rocky Mountains,’ yet it-has’ been noted on the coast of southern 
Alaska (Osgood) nearly a thousand miles west of the nearest breeding 
grounds. This species therefore presents the unique spectacle of a 
bird breeding in the middle of the American continent aud migrating 
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