258 Messrs. A. and E. Newton's Observations 



Occurs in autumn, and frequents the " pastures," in flocks of 

 from ten to twenty. 



" In 1858, first seen on August 14th.''— E. N. 



38. Wilson's Stint. Actodromas wilsonii (Nutt.). Tringa 

 pusilla, Wils. pi. 37. fig. 4; Aud. pi. 320; Yarr. B. B. 3rd ed. i. 

 pref. p. vi. " Grass Bird." 



This, like the species last mentioned, occurs in autumn, 

 frequenting the sea-shore as well as the " pastures ;" but more 

 than two are seldom seen together. 



"I saw this species first on August 19th, 1858."— E. N. 



39. Pectoral Sandpiper. Tringa maculata, Vieill. T. 

 pedoralis, Bp. Am. Orn. pi. 23; Aud. pi. 294; Gould, B. Eur. 

 pi. 327 ; Yarr. B. B. ii. p. 654 (fig.). 



" I met with this bird occasionally after September 14th, 

 1858, and obtained some examples ; but I never saw more than 

 two in company." — E. N. 



Specimens of this species differ remarkably in size, as is pro- 

 bably the case with many of the Tringina ; and it is possible 

 that in the present instance it may be found that these differ- 

 ences in size are accompanied by a constant variation in plumage, 

 and perhaps also in nesting-locality, so as to form races which 

 should be always carefully distinguished from one another, as is 

 the case with the larger and smaller Dunlins of Europe {T. al- 

 pina, L., and T. schinzii, Brehm \jiec Bonap., Gould, and Yarr.]; 

 T. cinclus minor, Schl.) and the Dunlin of America {T. americana, 

 Cass.). 



40. [?] Wilson's Snipe. Gallinago ivilsonii,'Bp. Scolopax 

 gallinago, Wils. pi. 47. fig. 1; Aud. pi. 243. S.brehmii, auct. [?]. 



Appears, by all accounts, to occur in the fall of the year, but 

 very irregularly, and in no great numbers. 



'^I saw what I have little doubt was a bird of this species, 

 Sept. 24th, 1858."— E. N. 



41. Black-necked Stilt. Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. ; 

 Aud. pi. 328 ; Gosse, 111. B. Jam. pi. 108. Recurvirostra himan- 

 topus, Wils. pi. 58. fig. 2. " Bastard Flamingo." 



