(510 OUXITUOLOGY. 



KUYACOPHILUS SOLITARIUS. 



Solitary Sandpiper. 



Tringa fsolitaria, Wilson, Am. Oni., VII, 1813, 53, pi. 58, fig. 3. 



TotamiH solitarius, Audubon, Synop., 1839, 2i'2. — CouES, Key, 1872, 259; Ciieck 



List, 1873, No. 435; liirds N.W., 1874, 498.— IIENSIIAW, 1875, 459. 

 RhyacoiMlun solitarius, Cassin, Baird's Birds N. Am., 1858, 733.— Baiud, Cut. N. 



Am. B., 1859, No. 541. 



Tlii-s species seemed to be exceedingly rare in tlie Interior, since it 

 was seen on but two or three occasions ; it was noticed in the Truckoe 

 Yallev, May 13, 18G8, while a pair were observed at the Glendale ]\Ieado\vs 

 in July, 18(j7; a single individual was also observed in Parley's Park, in 

 Au<"'ust. It was not met with in the Sacramento Valle}'. 



Trinooidks maoulakius. 



Spotted Saiifl|»ipor. 



Tringa macularia, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 17(JG, 249. 



TringoUlcs macularius, GuAV, GciuTa of Birds, III, 1S49, 574. — Cassin, in Baird's 

 Bird.s N. Am., 1858, 735. — Baiuu, Cat. N. Am. P.irds, 1859, No. 543. — CouES, 

 Key, 1872, 2G0; Ciieck Li.-it, IS73, No. 4.3(;; Birds N.W., 1874, 501.— Hen- 

 SHAW, 1875, 4G0. 



Next to tlie Kill-deer {/Ef/laHtis vocifcrm), the Spotted Sandpiper is 

 probably the most a1)undant and generally-distril)uted of the small waders 

 in the Great Basin. It was found breeding from the lowest valleys up to an 

 altitudt! of more than 7,000 feet, its favorite haunts being the gravelly 

 banks of running streams rather tliaii the vicinity of ponds or lakes. Its 

 first arrival at Carson City was noted on the 29th of April, 1868. 



List of .specimens. 



5(J2, <? (ir/.; Carson City, April 29, 1868. 7.!j— 13J— 43— 3iJ. Commissure and 

 whole of tlie lower mandible, dilute wax-yellow; re.st of the bill, black; iris, vandyke- 

 browu ; tarsi and toes, dilute a.sliyolive. 



13(i2, ejigs (2); Pack's Canon, Uintah .Mountains, July 3, 18G9. Nest, a very 

 neat one of sticks, in a slifjlit depression on the gravelly bank of a brook. Eggs nearly 

 hatched. . 



1408, jiu'.; Parley's Park, July 28, 1809. Bill, black, lower maudiblo purplish 

 basally ; iris, dark brown; tarsi and toes, olive. 



