BIRDS OF THE CAMBRIDGE REGION. l6l 



low level, laying bare a considerable portion of the sandy bottom of Cambridge 

 Nook. Here, on August 4 of the year just mentioned, I found a flock containing 

 upwards of one hundred Semipalmated Sandpipers besides a few Least Sand- 

 pipers and about a dozen Ring-necked Plover. 



Although I have few definite notes of the occurrence of the Semipalmated 

 Sandpiper within the past few years, there can be little question that it con- 

 tinues to resort to several of the localities just mentioned. I cannot remember 

 ever seeing it in spring, but it probably visits us occasionally at that season. 



65. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 

 Sanderling. 



Rare transient visitor in autumn. 



I know of but one instance of the occurrence of the Sanderling in the 

 Cambridge Region, viz., that of a solitary bird which I found on September 6, 

 187s, feeding on the shores of Fresh Pond. The species has been noted at 

 several localities still further inland in Massachusetts, as well as in other parts 

 of New England, but, as a rule, it is very strictly confined to our seacoast, where 

 it frequents sandy beaches and is still common, at its seasons of migration, 

 especially in early autumn. 



66. Limosa haemastica (Linn.). 



HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 



Exceedingly rare transient visitor in autumn. 



Mr. Outram Bangs tells me that he saw a Hudsonian Godwit near the 

 head of tide-water in Charles River in August or September about 1875. It 

 was feeding, not far from the Watertown Arsenal, on a muddy island formerly 

 much frequented by Yellow-legs, Ring-necked Plover, and Least and Semipal- 

 mated Sandpipers. This is the only instance known to me of the occurrence 

 of the Hudsonian Godwit in the Cambridge Region. There is a record of a 



