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bird on the outside beach, and on August 30 of the same year exam- 

 ined two others which had been shot on the beach near the " Head." 

 One other was secured August 29, 1896. Mr. Simpson killed a single 

 bird from a flock of Killdeer Plover on September 10, rgoo, also on 

 the outside beach. These are all the available positive records of the 

 occurrence of the species. 



63. Arquatella maritima. Purple Sandpiper. 



Nothing is known of the occurrence of this sandpiper here beyond 

 the brief statement made by Dr. Warren {Birds of Pennsylvania, 1890, 

 84) : " Mr. George B. Sennett, of Erie city, mentions it as a strag- 

 gler in his locality. ' ' There is one record for Cleveland, Ohio, given 

 by Dr. J. M. Wheaton {Birds of Ohio, 1882, 476). The species 

 should be looked for in November and December, along the outside 

 beach. 



64. Actodromas maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



The following account of this species is taken from Mr. Bacon's 

 notes: "The Pectoral Sandpiper is a transient visitor, irregular, but 

 sometimes fairly common in the spring, more abundant and regular in 

 the fall. >At the former season, if found at all, it occurs in flocks 

 numbering from twenty to forty or fifty birds, feeding in wet places 

 in the fields. I have met with it repeatedly during the last week in 

 March, my earliest record being March 23, 1895, but usually it is 

 most numerous in April, while the latest spring record is May 4, 

 1893. For the autumnal movement July 31, 1897, is the earliest 

 date ; this, however, is decidedly exceptional, the usual date of its 

 arrival ranging between August 20 (1896 and 1901) and September 

 4 (1894). The migration continues usually until the middle of Oc- 

 tober and occasionally even later ; thus, I have noted birds on Octo- 

 ber 31, 1895, and November 3, 1894. At this season it is found in 

 flocks seldom exceeding a dozen birds, frequenting the edges of 

 the ponds, and the marsh at the mouth of Mill Creek in particular. 

 It does not take to cover like the Wilson's Snipe, but stands so still 

 and quiet that it is seldom seen until it flushes. It is a hard flier and 

 single birds afford good sport. ' ' This sandpiper is rarely found on 

 the outside beach. One was shot there on September 10, 1900, by 

 Mr. Simpson, which, with another taken by Mr. Worthington on Big 

 Pond, October 31, constituted our only record. 



