26 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 



in the fall are: Washington, D. C, August 30, 1894 (Richmond); 

 Frogmore, S. C, September 16, 1885 (Hoxie); northern Florida, 

 average September 26, earliest September 20, 1904 (Williams); 

 southern Louisiana, average August 29, earliest August 25, 1901 

 (Ballowe); Lincoln, Nebr., August 7, 1900 (Wolcott); San Bernar- 

 dino River, Sonora, August 19, 1893 (Mearns); San Jose del Cabo, 

 Lower California, August 28, 1887 (Brewster) ; San Jose, Costa Rica, 

 October 9, 1889 (Cherrie;) Bermudas, September 13 (Reid); Bar- 

 bados, West Indies, October 11, 1886 (Manning). The hunter near 

 Newport, R. L, secured scarcely a third as many snipe in the fall as 

 in the spring — 466 birds in the eight years; earliest July 30, 1870, 

 latest November 14, 1871. The average dates were August 19 to 

 October 27 (Sturtevant) . 



Some dates of the last seen are: Near Jasper House, Alberta, 

 September 13, 1896 (Loring); Aweme, Manitoba, average October 

 11, latest November 7, 1907 (Griddle); Lanesboro, Minn., October 

 31, 1887 (Hvoslef); Keokuk, Iowa, average November 23, latest 

 November 28, 1889 (Currier); Oberlin, Ohio, latest November 22, 

 1890 (Jones); Ottawa, Ontario, average November 2, latest Novem- 

 ber 18, 1900 (White); Chicago, 111., average October 31, latest 

 November 13, 1885 (Holmes) ; St. John, New Brunswick, November 

 5, 1889 (Banks); Halifax, Nova Scotia, average November 23, 

 latest December 3, 1894 (Piers); southwestern Maine, average Octo- 

 ber 21, latest November 8, 1873; Montreal, Canada, average October 

 30, latest November 13, 1897 (Wintle). 



Great Snipe. Gallinago media (Latham). 



The great snipe is a species of wide distribution in the Eastern 

 Hemisphere. Its breeding range extends from the Scandinavian 

 Peninsula to the Yenisei River of Siberia and from Prussia north to 

 at least 71° north latitude. The winter home is from the Mediterra,- 

 nean to South Africa, and during its migration the species occurs 

 from Great Britain to Persia. 



The only record for the Western Hemisphere is that of a skin pre- 

 sented by the Hudson's Bay Company to the British Museum (Sharpe) . 

 There is no reason for doubting that the specimen was taken in 

 Canada, but no definite locality can be assigned. 



D owitcher . Macrorhamphus griseus ( Gmel . ) . 



Breeding range. — The nest and eggs of the dowitcher are not yet 

 known to science, nor has the species been seen in summer at any 

 place where it was probably breeding. The dowitcher is a common 

 migrant on the coasts of New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and 

 Massachusetts, and in fall is sometimes very abundant. Farther 

 north its numbers decrease: New Hampshire, tolerably common in 

 fall, no spring records; Maine, tolerably common spring and fall; 

 Quebec, rare migrant; New Brunswick, no records; Nova Scotia, 



