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When the birds were plentiful and the gunners few the sea- 

 son opened on July 4th and continued until the birds migrated 

 southward . Then it was possible for a good shot with a muzzle- 

 loader to bag twenty to thirty woodcock in a day. Summer 

 shooting was very destructible, as the birds are then congregated 

 in the relatively few wet woodlands congenial to their habits of 

 feeding. 



Now that the sale of the birds is prohibited, the shooting 

 season restricted to the months of October and November and a 

 bag limit fixed at six birds per gun a day; conditions hereabouts 

 are likely to improve somewhat. But something should be done 

 to afford protection to the birds when wintering in the Southern 

 States, and it is to be hoped that success will soon crown the 

 efforts now being made to secure better protection and some uni- 

 formity in the provisions of the game laws of the several states. 



a. o. U. No. 



No. in List. 



230. GALXINAGO DELICATA. 72 



WILSON'S SNIPE. 



Common. Migrant. Not positive that they breed in 

 this locality, although I have one egg from the 

 Tonawanda Swamp. 



231. MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS. 73 



DOWITCHER. 

 Rare. Migrant. 



234. TRINGA CANUTUS. 74 



KNOT. 



Rare. Migrant. James Savage obtained several speci- 

 mens, one is in my collection, a pair in that of the 

 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. He has also 

 photos of same. 



239. TRINGA MACULATA. 75 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 

 Quite common. Migrant. 



242. TRINGA M1NUTILLA. 76 



LEAST SANDPIPER. 

 Quite common. Migrant. 



242a. TRINGA ALPINA PACIFICA. 77 



RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. 

 Rare. Migrant. Chas. L/inden. 



