TRINGA AMERICANA, G()7 



autumn, in all wet and grassy places. In Parley's Park, either this species 

 or Macrorhamphis griseus was breeding, Ijut we found it impossible to pos- 

 itively determine the species. In the lower portion of the park, aljout a 

 quarter of a mile from our camp, was an extensive meadow, portions of 

 whicli were quite wet or marshy; and in this direction we would hear every 

 evening- a peculiar hollow gurgling sound, somewhat like the noise pro- 

 duced by water escaping from a nearly full jug. This was heard only 

 just before dark, and, as we soon ascertained, was produced by a kind of 

 "Snipe," as it pitched downward from a great height. We found it impos- 

 sible to obtain a specimen, but conclude that the bird must have been this 

 species, since we shot specimens along a brook in tlie same locality at about 

 the same time. 



List of specimens, 



25!), 9 «'/.; Truckei' Meadows (Camp 2(5), Nevada, November 7, 18G7. lig— 17i— 

 •'JS — ^i— -Ti'i — 'to — -i— Tfi- ^''N l>l:i<;ki>sli for terminal third, sreeui.sli-ashy basally, the 

 lower mandible rather paler than the upper; iris, bister; tarsi and toes, pale greenish- 

 ashy; claws, bhudc. 



I'W), (J ad.; Camp 12, November 7, 18li7. UJ— 17i — 5§— 41— 2/,, — 1j3--_lm_jv. 

 Same remarks. 



2(JI,<? rtf/.; «im(? locality and date. 10i|— 16|— 5J— 4,?^— 2,V-1tV— -'8— (»)• Same 

 remarks. 



2G2, <?«fZ.; same locality and date. 10J—1C§—5J— 4/^—21— lj—2.i—ij. Same 

 lomaiks. 



14.-).!, 9 (uL; Parley's Park, Utah, July 26, 1SG9. 11^17i. Bill, black, growing . 

 graduidly greenish horn-color basally; iris, dark brown; tarsi and toes, light ashy, 

 with distinct yellowish-green wash on the scntelliB. 



14.'>4, ? ad.; same locality and date. 10;j' — 1G;|. Same remarks. 



1455, 9 ad.; same locality and date. 11 — KtJ. Same remarks. 



Tringa alpina. 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 



fJ. amerkana. 



Tringa {Schceniclus) alpina var. amcricana, Cassin, in Haird's Birds N. Am., 1858, 



" 71!). 

 Tringa alpina var. americana, Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 5.30. — COUES, 

 Key, 1872, 25G, fig. IGG; Check List, 1873, No. 424; Birds N.W., 1874, 489. 



This species occurred among the large flocks of Sandpipers and otlier 



