BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 2i59 



took place in 1875, when I saw cue on the 26th, and obtained two at 

 Peuiston's Pond on the 29th April. These were, of course, in beautiful 

 jjlumage. 



Genus Ehyacophilus, Kaup. 



115. RhxjacopMlus solitarius (Wils.), Cass. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Triiiga ochropus, var /3, Lath. 



Trintja solitaria, Wils. 



Totanus solitarius, And., Gir., Hoy, Sclil., Gray, Hart., Coues. 



Bhiiacophilus solitarius, Cass., Coues & Prent., Hayd., Verr., Allen, Coues, 



Dress., Lawr., Dall «& Baun., Mayn., Stev. 

 Totanus chloropus, var. solitarius, Ridg. 



Totanus clioloropy(jiua, Vieil., Bp., Sw. & Ricli., Wagl., Nutt., Aud. 

 Rhyacopliilus clilorophygius, Bp. 

 Totanus glanola, Ord. 

 Totanus macroptera, Spix. 



Length, 8 to 8i; wing, 5; tail 2|. 



Hah. — Western Hemisphere ; accidental in Europe ; North to Alaska ; 

 winters in Mexico, Central and South America, and West Indies. (Coues. ) 



I observed one on the 19th July, 1874, but they generally come with 

 the other species in August. They soon betake themselves to the 

 wooded swamps, where they may be found singly or in pairs through- 

 out the autumn. Fresh arrivals sometimes take place in the spring. 

 Their habit of bobbing the head and body when alarmed is very comicaL 



Genus Tringoides, Bp. 



116. Tringoides macularius, (Linn.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tringamucularia, ■'Linn., Gui., Lath., Wils. 



Totanus macularius, Teinin., Boio, Fleia., Eyt., Brehm, Bp., Nntt., Aud., Gir., 



Hoy, Trippe. 

 Actitis maculariua, Boie, Naum., Bp., Keys & Bias., Scbl., Finsch. 

 Tringoides macularius, Gray, Bd., Coop. & Snck., Coues, Hayd., Dress., Dall 



& Bann., Mayn., Allen, Stev., aud most late U. S. authors. 

 Tringitcs macularius, Scl. & Sal v. 

 Trigna notata. III. 



Length, 7J to 8; wing, 4J-, tail, 2. 



]Jai). — North America at large; winters in Southern States and be- 

 yond; Central and South America to Brazil; West Indies; casual in 

 Europe. (Coues.) 



Flocks of young birds appear early in August, followed soon after by a 

 limited number of adults. They frequent the same places as the other 

 "snippets," and serve to swell the " bag" of the gunner in August and 

 September. A few remain all the winter, and several examples have 

 been observed in spring, presumably strangers on their way north. The 



