Brief Notes. 
Baird’s Sandpiper at Hamilton, Ont.— Although very 
few of the Plovers or Sandpipers raise their young in this 
neighborhood, the Killdeer Plover and the Spotted and 
Solitary Sandpipers being all we can name as Summer resi- 
dents, yet as early as the 15th of August, should it blow 
from the northeast with a slightly lowering temperature, 
groups composed of Sanderlings, Least and Semipal mated 
Sandpipers with a few Turnstones, may be seen boring into 
the muddy flats or following the receding waves along the 
sandy shores of the bay, in search of their favorite fare. 
On the 25th ult, while examining one of these mixed flocks, 
I noticed one individual whose cry was different from that 
of the others; it had also a peculiar zig-zag, Snipe-like 
flight, often rising to a considerable height and suddenly 
taking a header toward the ground again. Acting on Dr. 
Coues’ advice of shooting an unknown bird at sight, I did 
so as soon as I could, and had the satisfaction of picking 
up a Baird’s Sandpiper, the first found in Ontario so far as 
I am aware. In markings it resembles both the Least and 
Pectoral Sandpipers, but as stated in “New England Bird 
Life,” is in size intermediate between the two— a distinc- 
tion by which it is readily identified.— If. C. Mcllwraith, 
Hamilton , Ont&» & 0 . X. Oct. 1885. p./6o 
Baird’s Sandpiper in Ontario. 
BY W. E. SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONX. 
Some time ago in looking over my series of 
Sandpipers, I suspected that a specimen labelled 
“ White-rumped, Port Franks, Ont., Sept. 5, 
1883.” was not of that species, and after some 
study determined it to be Baird’s. I sent the 
skin to D. D. Merriam, and he very kindly cor- 
roborated my identification and returned the 
skin. 
On August, 17, 188G, I took another at Port 
Stanley, from some Least Sandpipers, but it 
I was unfortunately destroyed by a oat. The 
first-mentioned is the first earliest recorded cap- 
ture of the species in Ontario, several individ- 
uals mentioned in that useful volume, ,l Birds 
of Ontario,” by Thomas Mellraith, Esq., being 
the only other recorded occurrences. 
0,& O. XIII. Jnne. 1888 p . 96 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H. Fleming. 
Pt.I, Waber Birds. 
Auk, XXIII, Oct., 1905, p.449. 
89. Actodromas bairdii. Baird’s Sandpiper. — Regular fall migrant, 
not uncommon; all I have examined are young birds, August 12 to Sep- 
tember 24. Mr. Nash gives July 28 to October 10. 
