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Imt if there are several Saiulerlin.iis in tlie 11o<-k they fiy tojiether 

 and away from all of the others. They are not timid, and can l)e 

 ap])roached closely. 



(IS. Totainis iiirhiiiolcticiis. — Greater Yellow-legs. 



Spring dates of arrival range from April 12, 1905, to April 'P,C). 

 I'.XHi, so that it is diftioult to state the probable date of arrival. I 

 incline to think that the birds aetnally appear near the middle of 

 April, being a good deal influenced by weather. They are likely to 

 tarry until the middle of May. Fall records are too few to be re- 

 liable. 'J"he earliest date of arrival is September 4, 1899, which is 

 probably too late, and the latest record is October 27, 190G, near 

 Huron. This bird is a freipient visitor to the Oberlin Water Works 

 reservoir, from where his startling "tell-tale" calls may be heard 

 all over town in the morning. I have a number of lake beach rec- 

 ords, but the favorite stopping places are inundated muck patches 

 or shallow ponds at tlie edge of woods. The ^fiddle Bass lagoon, 

 at low water, is a typical feeding place. In such places they stand 

 "knee deep"' in the water, often darting hither and thither for some 

 water inhabitant, sometimes feeding with the whole head and up- 

 per neck immersed. One could hardly call this species common at 

 any time, ))ut it is regular and in some numbers. 



<;;>. Totaiius /iavipes. — Yellow-legs. 



This species is rather closely associated with the last, but is 

 al)0ut a week later in spring, and I have heard it and seen it fly- 

 ing over the marshes on July 5. 1907, 1908. It is more numerous 

 than the Greater, and in Hocks containing both species, a frequent 

 condition, the smaller size and weaker voice are evident. I have 

 no beach records for this si)ecies. 



70. Jfc]<)(lio)ii(is solitariiis. — Solitary Sandpiper. 



The earliest spring arrival was April IS. 1909. ami the latest 

 spring record May '27>. 19o:>. The median date of arrival is April 

 29, and of departure May 19. The first fall record is Augu.sf 22. 

 1896, and the latest October 7. 19<)7. Tliis is our woods sandi)iper, 

 or more exactly, woods border, for at the iiroper season one is prac- 

 tically certain to find one or more of these birds at any pond in the 

 edge or border of a woods. As the name indicates, one finds single 

 iiulividuals rather more often than moi'o than one in a i)lace. but 

 during the migrations it is nol rare to tiiid as many as ten at a 

 small pond. On May 14 and 10, 1904. and again on May 14. 1900, 

 tliese i)ir(ls were in sncli nund)ers as to be recorded as conunon. 

 ( >n tliese occasi(Mis several were found on every woods jtond visited, 

 .•Mid at the marshes at Oak Point, there were birds almost every- 

 wJKM'c. Many iicrsoiis seem unable to distingnisii this sjiecies fi'oiii 

 the Siiotted unless it is well seen and (|uiet. The note is similar, it 



