238 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fam. CHARADRIID^. 



31. Charadrius virginicus, Borkh. 

 '• Golden Plover. 



"Sept. 7tb, first of the season; generally arrive by last of August, 

 or first storm after Aug. 25th. First of September rarely fails to bring 

 them, but this year no storm hastened them along and they are very 

 late. Tbey arrive in large flocks and spread over the pastures, hills 

 and plains, attbrding exciting sport. It is not an unusual thing to bag 

 three or four dozen in a morning. Every one owning a gun turns out, 

 and great slaughter ensues. If suffered to remain, they would acquire 

 fat and stay for weeks, but they soon wing their way further south. 



"They are accompanied later in the season by Curlew, Yellow-legs, 

 etc " 



Fam. SCOLOPACIDiE. 



32. Himautopus nigricollis (Yieill.). 

 "Black-neck Stilt. 



"Kare; seen early in July." 



33. Gallinago -wrilsoni (Temm.). 

 "English Snipe. 



"Occasionally; authority of sportsmen." 



34. Ereunetes petrificatus (111.). 

 "Sandpiper. 



"Abundant, in flocks of four to six, along sandy shore. Eesident." 



35. Symphemia semipalmata (Gin.). 

 "VVillet. Rare." 



36. Ci-ambetta melanoleuca (Gm.). 

 "Yellow-legs. 



"In all the salt ponds or 'fleshes'; suflaciently numerous, at times, to 

 afibrd sport; said to be resident in small numbers ; I found it here early 

 in July.-' 



37. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.). 

 " Sandpiper. 



"Not common, but seen singly in every part of the island. I shot 

 three specimens on the summit of McNish Mountain— the highest hill- 

 where is a spring-hole of small size. From this mountain, by the way, 

 the entire island can be viewed, as well as the islands of Barbuda, Gua- 

 deloupe, Montserrat, Redonda, Nevis and St. Kitts— a most delightful 

 prosi»ect." 



38. Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.). 

 "Curlew. Not common." 



