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and New York City, October 31; New Jersey, Montclair, October 

 13, Elizabeth, October 16, and Morristown, November 1; District 

 of Columbia, Washington, October 28 ; Maryland, ChesajDeake Beach, 

 November 2 ; and South Carolina, Long Island, November 8. 



Casual records. — The typical form of the solitary sandpiper has 

 been many times taken in Western States. Among these occurrences 

 are: New Mexico (Guadalupito, August 7, 1903); Wyoming (Ar- 

 vada, August 19, 1913) ; Montana (Milk River, July 25, 1874, Miles 

 City, August 14, 1900, Gold Creek, August 20, 1910, and Three 

 Buttes, August 6, 1874). Many specimens also have been taken in 

 British Columbia (Atlin and Okanagan Landing) , where it appears 

 to be of regular occurrence, a specimen was taken at GrifSn Point, 

 Alaska, June 1, 1914, and one at Fort Chimo, Ungava. 



Two were collected on October 12, 1897, on Chatham Island, 

 Galapagos Archipelago ; one was taken on the Clyde River, Lanark- 

 shire, Scotland; and another was obtained at Kangek, Greenland, 

 on August 1, 1878. 



Egg dates. — Alberta: 29 records. May 24 to June 24; 15 records, 

 May 30 to June 8. 



TRSNGA SOLITARIA CINNAMOMEA (Brewster) 

 WESTERN SOLITARY SANDPIPER 



HABITS 



The western race of this species is larger than the eastern. In adult 

 nuptial plumage the upper j)arts are much less distinctly spotted with 

 whitish, the white bars on the tail are decidedly narrower and the 

 outer primary is usually finely mottled, with ashy white along the 

 border of its inner web ; this last is none too constant a character and 

 is sometimes seen in the eastern bird. The name was derived from 

 the fact that in young birds the light spots on the back, scapulars 

 and wing coverts are brownish cinnamon instead of white or buffy 

 whitish. 



Gourtshi'p. — The following description of the song flight of this 

 species was originally recorded by Dr. Joseph Grinnell (1900) under 

 the name of the undivided species, but he now evidently thinks that it 

 should belong here : 



The song flight of this species is mostly indulged in during the early morning 

 hours. This consists of a slow circuitous flight on rapidly beating wings high 

 over the tree tops, accompanied by the frequent repetition of a weak song some- 

 what resembling the call of a sparrow hawk. At the close of this song flight the 

 bird alights, as if exhausted, and perches silently for some time at the top of the 

 tallest spriice in the vicinity. During the performance of the male, the female 



