on the Birds of St. Croix. 257 



33. Spotted Sandpiper. Ti^ingoides macularius, Gray; Wih. 

 pi. 59. fig. ] ; Aud. pi. 310; Gould, B. Eur. pi. 317; Yarr. B. 

 B. ii. p. 544 (fig.). 



This occasional straggler to England is tolerably common in 

 St. Croix, and probably remains there throughout the winter. 



" In 1858, it was absent, according to my observation, from 

 April 27th to July 27th.''— E. N. 



34. Yellow-shanked Sandpiper. Gambetta flavipes, Bp. 

 Tetanus flavipes, Wils. pi. 58. fig. 4 ; Aud. pi. 228 ; Yarr. B. B. 

 3rd ed. ii. p. 637 (fig.). " Yellow-legs.'' 



This recent addition to the British list occurs, but not plenti- 

 fully, in spring and autumn, and probably does not remain in 

 the island the winter through. 



"I obtained a specimen July 26th, 1857." — A. N. 



" I saw it first on August 3rd, 1858."— E. N. 



35. Solitary Sandpiper. Rhyacophilus solitarius, Bp. 

 Tringa solitaria, Wils. pi. 58. fig. 3. Tetanus chloropygius, 

 Vieill. ; Aud. pi. 289. T glareela, Ord. 



This, the representative in the New World of our Wood 

 Sandpiper {R. glareela, Kaup), which it closely resembles in 

 osteological characters and general appearance, has perhaps 

 more the habits and note of the Green Sandpiper [Heledremas 

 ochrepus, Kaup). In St. Croix it is pretty common, and arrives 

 about the same time as the Yellow-legs. 



" I obtained a specimen July 26tb, 1857." — A. N. 



" I saw it first on August 5th, 1858."— E. N. 



36. [?] (?) Godwit. Limesa (?). " Curlew." 



We suppose a brown-plumaged Wader described to us as 



sometimes occurring in autumn, with an wjuturned bill, but 

 called a " Curlew," to be one of the American Godwits, though 

 which species we are unable to state. 



37. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Ereunetes petrificatus, 111. 

 Tringa semipalmata, Wils. pi. 63. fig. 4 ; Aud. pi. 408. 

 " Grass Bird." 



