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somber substance. W'lieii frightened the bird flushes with a quavering crv, 

 s6mewhat Hke tlie fczc tew tc2c of tlie Greater Yellow-legs ( Totaiiiis mclaiiolcu- 

 ciis), but more subdued : anti when it alights it sits for some time mc^tionless 

 in a plover-like attitude, with its long bill held horizontallw in\-isil)le in the dull 

 light of a foggy day unless, perchance, outlined against the surf. 



Plwto by tlic Author. 



LA PUSH, 



THE HOME OF THE QUIELAYUTE INDIANS. ON THE WEST COAST OF WASHINGTON. 



The Ouillayute Indians kn(_)W the bird as Tcii<\cw\'iH).<:. and insist that it 

 summers upon our coast, but I cannot find anyone who will certify to having 

 seen its eggs. I took an ailult specimen at Cape Elizabeth on the 14th o\ July, 

 1906, and j\Ir. Bowles another at Moclips on the 25th of August. lyo". 

 Cooper says also: "On the first of May, 1854, I shot a pair, the first I had 

 seen, at Shoalwater bay, and during the month saw two other pairs. Each 

 pair were mates and did not associate with any other shore birds." 



