Pelidna suBARquATA on the Maine Coast. — I have to thank Mr. 
C. H. Chandler of Cambridge, for allowing me to view a mounted speci- 
men of the Curlew Sandpiper, which he shot on the beach at Pine Point, 
Scarborough, Cumberland Co., on September 15 , 1881 . The plumage is 
immature — probably a bird of the year. It was in company with Peeps, 
but its larger size and lighter coloration were noticed, hence this visit to 
American shores is registered. The species is new to the Maine fauna, 
at least this is the first instance of actual capture within the limits of that 
State.* — H. A. Purdie, Ne-wton, Mass. 
Bull. N. O.O, 7, April, 1882, p. /•?//■ 
* See Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc- Nat. Hist. XVII, 1875, P- 44-6. 
Occurrence of the Curlew Sandpiper in Massachusetts. — Mr. 
Charles I. Goodale, our accomplished Boston taxidermist, has a fine 
Curlew Sandpiper ( Tringa subarquata) which was sent to him to be 
mounted. It was shot in East Boston, Mass., early in May, 1876, as it 
was feeding on a sandspit among a flock of “ Peep3.” This bird is in 
very perfect spring plumage, and furnishes the second authentic instance 
of the occurrence of this species in Hew England. In its claims to be 
regarded as a bird of North America it may best be compared with the 
Ruff ( Machetes pugnax). Both are probably not infrequent stragglers to 
our continent. — William Brewster. 
Bull. N, 0.0, I, July, 1870, p, 
Additional Captures of the Curlew Sandpiper in New 
England. — The three specimens of this rare straggler, which have pre- 
viously been recorded as occurring in New England, have all been col- 
lected in Massachusetts, and I am enabled to add two more instances, 
both of which have also been taken in this State. 
Mr. John Fottler, Jr., writes me that he has in his possession a fine 
spring specimen which was shot on Cape Cod about the 10th of May, 
1878. Another specimen is in the collection made by Mr. Baldwin 
Coolidge (now in possession of the city of Lawrence, Mass.), which was 
taken on Nahant Beach some ten years ago, and at that time was preserved 
by Mi*. N. Vickery, of Lynn. — Ruthven Deane, Cambridge, Mass. 
BuU.N. 0 . 0 , 4, April, 1870, p. /X */ . 
Shore Birds of Gape God. 
John C. Gaboon. 
Curlew Sandpiper, Tringa ferruginea (Brimn.) 
This is a very rare straggler on our Cape coast. 
Ten authentic instances of the occurrence of 
the Curlew Sandpiper in New England are 
given in New England Bird Life, Part 1 1, and 
one of these is of a specimen that was shot on 
Cape Cod about the 10th of May, 1878. 
O.&'O. XIII. Sept. 1888 p.l5B 
The C urle w Sandpiper at Cratii am, Mass. 
— A $ specimen of the Curlew Sandpiper, 
A. O. U. No. 241, was taken at Chatham, 
Mass., August 26, 1889. It was nearly in full 
plumage. It is now in the collection of Gor- 
don Plummer, Brookline, Mass. — [Ed. 
Ot&Q, Juiy.1890. p, //<?. 
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August 30, 1886, Dr. E. T. R. 
Thompson took a C urlew S andpiper , male, 
O.&o. XII. Sept. 1887 p.156 
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