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especially in the coves, also in small frog ponds, whenever found, 

 whether in pastures, fields or woods. 



It was in a pond of water, about twenty-five feet across, in an 

 upland pasture and at the edge of the woods that I found a Lesser 

 Yellowlegs. It had evidently been fired at sometime, for each time 

 I tried to look at it through my glass, it would fly up and circle 

 about, uttering loud cries. When I put the glass in my pocket the 

 bird seemed quite fearless and I could get quite close to it. It 

 finally lighted within a few feet of a Solitary Sandpiper, giving me 

 a fine opportunity to compare the two species. They seemed 

 exactly alike except that the Yellowlegs was slightly larger and had 

 bright yellow legs, and as it flew the white upper tail-coverts were 

 conspicuous. 



The Greater Yellowlegs, also, has very loud voluminous metallic 

 notes, and seems to be very much like the I^esser Yellowlegs except 

 in size. While making my way along the shore of a pond, one flew 

 by me. I followed it up in a boat, and found it perched on a 

 boulder in a cove. By using much care I approached quite near it. 

 It was so much larger than the I^esser Yellowlegs that there was no 

 doubt as to its identit5^ 



The Bartramian Sandpiper should be looked for in the same 

 kind of places where the Field Sparrow is found It is very shy. 

 When flying it has ver}^ much the appearance of a Nighthawk. Its 

 strange, weird song, like the howling of the wind, is heard at a 

 considerable distance and will assist one in finding it. 



