THIi YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



69 Wilson's Plover, 522 ; found in lim- 

 ited numbers on the ocean beach. I took 

 several fine specimens, and noticed that 

 when a pair was found and I shot one, the 

 other would usuall}- fly about in the vicin- 

 ity of the dead one until shot. 



70 Wilson's Snipe, 52lia ; abundant win- 

 ter resident. These birds afforded excel- 

 lent shooting. Found in the marshy 

 places all over the island. 



71 Robin Snipe, 529 ; abundant in the 

 salt marshes and among the flats. They 

 did not appear to have any fear of a srnall 

 boat and I made more than otie deadly 

 shot at them while rowing about in my 

 scow as thej' flew past me. 



72 Least Sandpiper, 538 : abundant 

 among the mud flats and also found about 

 the fresh water ponds on the island. 



73 Red-backed Sandpiper, 539ffl/ ex- 

 ceedingly abundant both on the mud flats 

 and the ocean beach. 



74 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 541 , abund- 

 ant. Found in compiiny with the preced 

 ing species, and seen in large flocks. 



76 Marbled Goodwit. .^43: not very com- 

 mon. I secured a tine specimen, which 

 was shot on the mud flats in the salt mar.-^h. 



77 Greater Yellowlegs, 548 ; abundant 

 about the creeks and flats, and much tamer 

 than at the north. I frequently sculled 

 my scow near enough to shoot them. 



78 Lesser Yellowlegs, 540 ; quite com- 

 mon on the flats. 



79 Willet, 552 ; exceedingly abundant 

 and not wild, coming to decoj's readily, 

 and often flying near enough to shoot from 

 the scow. 



80 Field Plover, 555 ; the only specimen 

 I saw was shot in the fields back of the 

 house. The skin is now in my museum. 



81 Spotted Sandpiper, 557 ; abundant. 

 Found about all the creeks and ponds. 



82 Long billed Curlew, 558 ; common on 

 the marshes, but kept themselves well out 

 of gunshot. 



83 Hudsonian t urlew, 559 ; abundant 

 about the mud flats, but well acquainted 

 with the carrying distance of a gun. Large 

 numbers of these birds flew to some point 

 further inland to feed everv morning, and 



just at dusk large flocks could be seen fly- 

 ing in a straight line for their roosting 

 place which, I was informed, was "Egg 

 Bank," a small sandy island in St. Helena 

 Sound, and in which direction the birds 

 were flying. 



84 Red-breasted Rail, 569 ; a beautiful 

 specimen of this fine bird was shot by Mr. 

 Cuthbert and presented to me for preserva- 

 tion, the first and only one I ever saw. 

 On dissecting I found a small snake in the 

 bird's stomach. 



85 Clapper Rail, 571 ; exceedingly 

 abundant in the marshes and easily ob- 

 tained at high tide, being driven to the 

 bunches of floating herbage by the water, 

 and shot from boats. 



86 American Coot, 580 ; I saw one speci- 

 men of this species fly across Station Creek 

 in front of my scow, but was unable to 

 obtain it. 



87 Mallard, 601 ; abundant in the ponds 

 and lagoons on the Hunting Islands. 



88 Scaup Duck, 614 ; abundant in Port 

 Royal Sound and all the larger creeks and 

 inlets. 



89 BufHehcad, 621 ; not uncommon in 

 Station Creek. 



90 Redbreasted Sheldrake, 637 : common 

 in Port Royal Sound and the larger creeks ; 

 rather shy. , 



91 Brown Pelican, 641 ; 1 saw one in- 

 dividual of this species slowly flying across 

 Port Royal Sound. 



92 Florida Cormorant. 643« ; common 

 about the larger bodies of water. 



33 Black Skimmer, 656 ; exceedingly 

 abundant on the outside flats, making ex- 

 cursions up Port Royal Sound and the 

 larger creeks and inlets in search of food. 

 I never tired of watching these birds as 

 thej' flew about with the tips of their bills 

 skinuniug through the water, and the}' al- 

 ways seemed to me to have a decidedly 

 stupid appearance. I once sculled ray 

 scow up to a flat, left bare by the tide, 

 about a mile out in the ocean, where a large 

 flock of these birds had congregated. There 

 was also a small flock of Royal Terns sit- 

 ting on the flat a short distance from the 

 Skimmers. By very cnreful maneuver- 



