A Golden Plover in Massachusetts in April. — On April 8, 1911. while 
at Plum Island, Mass., with Dr. J. B. Brainerd, Barron Brainerd, and 
Richard M. Marble, I shot a Golden Plover ( Charadrius dominicus). 
The bird proved to be a male with a single black feather near the center 
of his breast. He is now in my collection. 
The bird had not been seen by members of the Plum Island life-saving 
station near which he was shot, neither were there any traces of old wounds. 
His body was entirely free from fat. Whether he was a straggling migrant 
or a bird which had been forced to winter is a question open to discussion. — 
James L. Peters, Harvard, Mass. 362 . 
American Golden Plover ( Charadrius d. dominicus ) at Nantucket Is- 
land. On September 6, 1915, I drove to the extreme western end of the 
island, and remained there an hour or two without seeing any birds. I 
interviewed the crew of the Life Saving Station at Maddeket, several of 
whom | knew, none of them had seen, or heard any Golden Plover or Es- 
kimo Curlew passmg this summer. One of the men said he had heard of 
five Golden Plover living in a certain field, the owner of which preferred 
watching, to shooting them. In the afternoon I drove to the south side of 
the Island (Surfside). I called at once on the former captain of the Life 
Saving Station located there, who was an old acquaintance, and a gunner 
He informed me that his grandson had shot a Golden Plover the day before 
he showed me the legs which I identified. He said there had been four in 
all hying at Nobadeer pond, and that I could probably find the other three 
still there. I suggested we harness up his horse and ride down to the pond 
he and his grandson taking their guns. On arrival we saw the three Golden 
over running about, two black and white breasted birds, and one 1 pale- 
breast (young); we succeeded in shooting the latter, which I later had 
made into a skin I am of the opinion that these birds were the same ones 
which occupied the protected pasture mentioned above. They constitute 
e only records of this plover I have been able to obtain for the island of 
Nantucket this season. I also saw, while at the Nobadeer Pond two 
Hudsoman Curlew, and two of the larger Yellowlegs.— George II 
Mackay, Boston, Mass. 
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