30 THE BIRDS OF THE BERMUDAS. 
them, and a few usually take up their quarters in Devonshire 
Swamp. They are very good eating at first, but soon become 
rank from feeding in the brackish mud. They lie closer than our 
European Snipe, and a dog is a sine qué non inthe thick scrub- 
grown marshes. Their note is very similar, but they differ some- 
what in plumage, especially in having sixteen tail-feathers instead 
of fourteen like our bird. 
Gallinago media, English Snipe.—We have Major Wedderburn’s 
authority for the occurrence of this bird in Bermuda. He shot two 
in Pembroke Marsh in December, 1847. 
Macrorhamphus griseus, Red-breasted Snipe.—One ‘‘ shot by Capt. 
Orde on the 29th September, 1847, at Harris’s Bay; another was 
killed by Mr. C. Fozard on the 21st August, 1848” (Nat. in B., 
p. 43). A third was obtained on Pearl Island on September 10th, 
1874, by Capt. Kirkwood, 53rd Regiment. This specimen was 
preserved by Capt. Rooke, who kindly presented it tome. [Three 
others were shot by Lieut. Festing, of the 20th Regiment, at 
Peniston’s Pond, on the 17th September, 1875.—H. D.] 
Micropalama himantopus, Long-legged Sandpiper.—Major Wed- 
derburn killed two, one of which he unfortunately lost, in the 
beginning of August, 1848. [Lieut. Festing shot one at Peniston’s 
Pond early in September, 1875.—H. D.] 
Ereunetes pusillus, Semipalmated Sandpiper.—A regular visitor, 
arriving about the Ist August, or a few days earlier, and found in 
small flocks in the sandy bays, and on the margins of the open 
brackish ponds throughout the islands. They do not remain long. 
Lringa minutilla, American Stint.—Arrives about the same time, 
and frequents the same localities, as the preceding species. I shot 
one as late as the 23rd December, probably a straggler left behind. 
I also obtained a solitary example on its northward flight on the 
29th April, 1875. 
Lringa maculata, Pectoral Sandpiper.—Not uncommon in Sep- 
tember and October. The first I met with was feeding with a 
small flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers at Peniston’s Pond, on 
August 3rd, 1874. It was tolerably abundant till towards the end 
of October, being usually found singly. Major Wedderburn says 
of this species (Nat. in B., p. 44), ‘‘On the 9th October, 1849, they 
appeared suddenly in thousands, particularly at St. George’s, after 
a heavy gale of wind; the parade ground at that place was swarm- 
ing with them, and I think Colonel Drummond killed some thirty 
or forty couple before breakfast; but, with the exception of a few 
stragglers, they were all gone by the following day.”’ 
Tringa Bonapartei, Schinz’s Sandpiper.—This bird did not occur 
in the autumn of 1874, to my knowledge. It is recorded by Major 
Wedderburn, and is, I believe, sufficiently numerous at times, 
especially in the Great Sound and Castle Harbour. 
Tringa maritima, Purple Sandpiper.—Oue was seen by Major 
Wedderburn at the entrance to St. George’s Harbour. 
Calidris arenaria, Sanderling.—Generally to be found in the 
autumn months, especially on the sandy beach below the Sand 
Hills, where I obtained specimens in November, 1874. One of 
these I lost temporarily, and on recovering it the next day I found 
