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European Snipe, as is attested in vol. ix of the American 

 Ornithology, 1825 edition. The original description given by 

 Wilson was undoubtedly taken from a bird shot in this vicinity. 



Solitary Sandpiper, Hehdromas solitarivs (Wils.). "This 

 new species inhabits the watery solitudes of our highest mountains 

 during the summer, from Kentucky to New York; * * * * At the 

 approach of cold weather it descends to the muddy shores of 

 our large rivers, * * * * I have made long and close search for 

 the nest of this bird without success. They regularly breed on 

 Pocono Mountain, between Easton and Wilkes-Barre, in Penn- 

 sylvania, arriving there early in May, and departing in Septeni- 

 ber." American Ornithology, vol. vii, p. 53, Peale's Museum, 

 No. 7763. 



Piping Plover, jEyialitis meloda (Ord). This species was 

 described by Wilson in vol. v, American Ornithology, p. 30, 

 under the name of Ringed Plover, Charadrms hiaticula, confus- 

 ing it with another species and regarding it as a different plum- 

 age phase. He records the bird from "Summer's" Beach, 

 at the mouth of Great Egg Harbour, N. J. 



In vol. vii, p. 65, under the account of the Ring Plover, 

 Wilson refers to the mistake in confusing the two. He further 

 says: "The present species, or true Ring Plover, and also the 

 former (referring to the Piping Plover described and figured in 

 vol. V as above quoted), both arrive on the seacoast of New 

 Jersey late in April." Ord named the bird in the reprint of 

 Vol. VII, 1824. 



Wilson's Plover, jEgialitis ivilsonia (Ord). "Of this neat 

 and prettily-marked species I can find no account, and have 

 concluded that it has hitherto escaped the eye of the naturalist. 

 The bird of which the figure in the plate is a correct resemblance 

 was shot the 13th of May, 1813 on the shore of Cape Island, 

 New Jersey, by my ever-regretted friend, and I have honored it 

 with his name." Ord in vol. ix, American Ornithology, p. 77. 



SemipaLxMATED Plover, ^EglalUis semipalmata (Bp. ). Wilson 

 figures and describes the Ringed Plover in vol. vii of the American 

 Ornithology as previously noted under the specific name hiati- 

 cula which is that of the European form. Bonaparte first recog- 

 nized it as a distinct species and so records the fact in the 



