The Great Marbled Godwit at Portland, Maine. — Late in May, 1884, 
a specimen of the Great Marbled Godwit ( Limosa fceda) was shot by a 
Portland sportsman on Scarborough Marsh. The weather being warm 
at the time the captor of the bird sent his trophy at once to a taxidermist 
but I was given an opportunity of examining it as soon as its preserva- 
tion was secured. I make a note of this specimen because it is the only 
one which I know to have been taken in the vicinity of Portland during 
my observations there, or between the years 1870 and 1885. A genei ation 
ago, in the days of the famous Maine sportsman, ‘Cale’ Loring, the 
Marbled Godwit appears to have been at least an occasional visitor to the 
Scarborough Marshes. In the journal which Loring left, there is. I am 
told, not infrequent mention of this species, and no Portland sportsman 
will question the authenticity of such records. Of late years, however, 
the birds have evidently not looked with favor upon their old-time halting- 
places. — Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 
Auk, 2, Oct. , 1885. p. 3 % $ . 
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The Great Marbled Godwit ( Limosa fedoa ) is represented in my collec- 
tion by a female shot on Scarborough Beach, August 16, 1904, by Mr. 
George H. Cushman, a game warden. For many years the species has. 
been almost unknown in this locality. — Henry H. Brock, Portland, Me.. 
Aufc, XXIV, Jan.. 1007, p 3H 
