42, THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
state, on the north shore of Ireland Island, while half a 
gale of wind was blowing from the north-west. On the 
28th of July, 1848, I saw a flock of them, and killed one. 
They were very numerous at Chief Justice Butterfield’s 
pond, on the 4th of August, 1848. 
SOLITARY SANDPIPER (7. solitarius). This bird (so very 
like our British 7. glaveola (wood sandpiper), both in appear- 
ance and habits, frequenting swamps, filled with stunted 
trees and bushes), is found every year, from the 20th of 
August, to the 20th of September, a few stragglers remain- 
ing till November. I saw one specimen, the 25th of July, 
1848, at Burgess’ Point; and on the 7th of April, 1850, 
there were several solitary sandpipers, in Pembroke Marsh. 
There were generally very shy.* 
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (7. macularius). I first found this 
bird, in immature plumage, on the 20th of July, 1847, at 
Manerove Bay, Somerset. They are common on all the 
shores of the islands. A few remain during the winter, 
and they were not uncommon in Apri, 1849. The first I 
got in adult plumage, was on the 16th of August, 1847 ; 
another, on the 17th of January, 1848. They do not breed 
in the Bermudas. 
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus nigricollis). A male 
specimen was shot by Mr. A. Hinson, on the 3rd of June, 
1853; it was wading in the pond, near Warwick Church, 
where it had been noticed for some days. Mr. Hurdis very 
kindly sent me this specimen, the only one hitherto ob- 
tained, and it is now in my collection. 
AMERICAN Woopcock (Rusticola Americana). <A single 
* Mr. Hurdis states that two other specimens of this sandpiper were shot, 
on the 10th and 16th of April, 1850. 
