Bird Notes from Long Id. Wm. Dutcher 
4. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say) Cones. Red-bellied 
Snipe. — July 23, 1884, while shooting at Shinnecock Bay, three individ- 
uals of this species came to my stools at the same time, two of which 
were secured. I sent them to Dr. A. K. Fisher of Sing Sing, N. Y., with 
particulars of their capture. He wrote me as follows : “I should consider 
No. 55 a fair example of M. griseus scolopaceus. No. 56 is one of those, 
doubtful; just on the line; but if the note was different it might be con- 
sidered the mate of No. 55, as they were male and female.” The bill of 
the larger specimen measured 2.83 inches and of the smaller 2.38 inches. 
Auk, 2, Jan., 1886. p. psjj. 
Long Island Bird Notes N. T. Lawr ence 
II. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. Greater Long-beak.— 
Secured a specimen in Fulton Market, New York, October^, 1884, killed 
on the south side of Long Island. 
Auk, 2, July, 1886. p.273 
Bird Notes from Long Id. Wm. Dutoher 
6. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say) Coues. 
Red-bellied Snipe. — A female of this species was shot Sep- 
tember 19, 1882, by a sportsman stopping at “Lane’s” on Shinne- 
cock Bay, who kindly presented it to me. September 26, 1883, 
I secured another in the same locality. The gunners about 
Shinnecock Bay claim that they can distinguish the note of this 
bird from that of its congener, Macrorhamphus griseus. The 
measurements of these two specimens are as follows : 
Extent. Wing. Gape. 
19.00 6.00 2.75 
18.50 5.75 2.50 
Length. 
11.87 
1 1. 00 
Auk, I, Jan, , 1884. p. 3Z. 
Long Island Bird Notes. Wm. Dutcher 
8. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dow- 
itcher. — I think that on Long Island this wader may be called a 
regular, but not common, late fall migrant. September 26, 1884. 
Mr. F., M, Chapman informed me that he procured three while 
at Shinnecock Bay. Capt. Lane, of the same place, wrote me 
that his sons shot three October 6, 1885, and on the next day two 
more. Mr. E. A. Jackson wrote me that he saw, at Atlanticville, 
a Dowitcher on the 5th of October, and another on the 9th. 
They were undoubtedly scolopaceus, as the common form is never 
found in this locality so late in the season. October 9, 1885, Mr. 
W. F. Hendrickson shot one at Long Island City. 
Auk, 3. Oct. , 1886. p. * 
