Early Occurrence of the White-rumped Sandpiper (Pisobia fusci- 
collis) in Maine. — A male White-rumped Sandpiper in nuptial plumage 
was secured on April 27, 1912, at Scarborough Maine. The bird was alone. 
The only other instances of its occurrence in the state in spring, known 
to me, are those recorded by Mr. Nathan Clifford Brown, May 30, 1881, 
and May 29, 1882. 1 Both of these recorded by Mr. Brown are in the 
collection of the Portland Society of Natural History, and the one here 
recorded in that of the writer. 
The bird according to Mr. W. W. Cooke is rare on the Atlantic coast of 
the United States, in spring, north of Virginia, 2 and its occurrence at this 
season has been later than the close of the first week in May. 1 — Arthur 
H. Norton, Portland, Me. Jh**t,XXI*.Cr1r, /?/£ yjy\ 
i Proc. Portland Society of N. H., II, p. 27 . 
I Bull. 35, U. S. Biol. Survey, p. 38. 
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