Baird’s Sandpiper on Long Island Sound, N. Y. — Dr. E. H. Eames 
and I shot two Baird’s Sandpipers ( Tringa bairdii ) Sept. 29, 1894, at 
Seaside Park, on Long Island Sound. There were ten or more in the 
flock, also a few Semipalmated Sandpipers. They were very unsuspecting 
and the whole flock might have been taken. Mr. J. B. Canfield, also of 
this city, secured a fine male a few days later. — H. II. Taylor, Bridge- 
fort, Conti. Auk, XII, April, 1895, P« /7f 
Atlk, XIII, Jan. , 1866 , p.*>. 
Baird’s Sandpiper at East Hampton, Long Island, N. Y. — On Sept. 
17, 1895, a Baird’s Sandpiper ( Tringa bairdii') was shot at East Hamp- 
ton, Long Island, N. Y., and another bird of apparently the same species 
escaped. A Semipalmated Sandpiper was with them. — C. Wheaton 
Vaughan, New York City. 
Tringa bairdii. Baird’s Sandpiper. — A mounted specimen in my 
collection marks the first occurrence (so far as I have been able to learn) 
of this Sandpiper in the western half of New York State. It was taken, 
together with one other of its kind, Sept. 3, 1895, at “ the head of still 
water,” on Oak Orchard Creek (just north of Waterport) by Mr. John 
Ritenburgh of Gaines. These two specimens slumbered unrecognized, 
in the possession of Mr. Ritenburgh until Sept., 1897, when they were 
turned over to Mr. Ernest H. Short. If Mr. Short recognized these 
birds as Tringa bairdii , he made no stir about the matter nor any record 
of the rare occurrence, disposing of one of them, meanwhile. The 
other I procured of him, December 2, 1898, and determined its identity 
forthwith. While these two specimens were remaining unrecognized, 
others were being taken in our county, were more promptly analyzed 
and recognized, and a published record made, thereby gaining a prior- 
ity over these taken three years before. 
Mr. J. L. Davison of Lockport, N. Y., while sojourning at Lakeside 
Park, this county, during the early fall of 1898, secured along the lake 
shore near that point, five specimens of Tringa bairdii , as follows: — 
Aug. 20, two ; Sept. 8, two ; Sept. 16, one. I am indebted to Mr. Davison 
and to Miss Mathilde Schlegel (who mounted them) of East Aurora, 
N. Y., for complete and detailed data regarding the taking of these addi- 
tional five Baird’s Sandpipers in my own county of Orleans. (See Forest 
and Stream, Jan. 7 , 1899). 
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Auk, XVI, April, 1899, 
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Tringa bairdii. While on a visit to Shinnecock Bay on Oct. 31, 1894, 
a number of Snipes were seen and secured, notably White-rumped Sand- 
pipers. This specimen, among others, was labeled as such, but not with- 
out some misgivings. Only recently it was more critically examined and 
found to be T. bairdii. Mr. Arthur H. Howell, who was at the same 
place when the bird was shot, recently recalled to my mind the fact that 
the bird was alone, on a sandbar, when shot. The bird was not very 
active, and it is possible may have been previously wounded. Mr. N. T. 
Lawrence has obtained three or more specimens from Long Island. The 
species is not included by Giraud in ‘The Birds of Long Island.’ 
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Tringa bairdii. Baird’s Sandpiper. — A young bird was shot on 
Verona Beach by Egbert Bagg, Jr„ Sept. 4, 1897, and a second specimen 
at the same place Sept. 5, 1899. Our only previous knowledge was Mr. 
Henshaw’s record at Locust Grove in ‘ The Auk,’ Vol. II, page 384. 
Auk, XVII, April, 1900, 
