TRINGA AMERICANA, G07 



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

 or MacrorliampliKS griseus was breeding-, but we found it impossible to pos- 

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

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

 which 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 the same locality at about 

 the same time. 



List of specimens. 

 25'J, 9 «</.; Triickee. Meadows (Gamp 20), Nevada, November 7, 1867. 11|_17 J— 

 ^i — H — -ifi~^TG — ^J— T%- J^i"; '^•lacki.sli for terminal third, greeni.sh-ashy basally, the 

 lower mandible rather paler than the upper; iris, bister; tarsi aud toes, pale greeuish- 

 ashy; claws, blaek. 



200, <? ad.; Camp 12, November 7, 1S07. Ill— 17i— 5§— 41— 2^^.— l^^.—^X—J-. 

 Same remarks. 



201, J' fK?.; same locality and date. lOif— lOJ— 5i— 4^'',-— 2^V-1tV— ^'|— (^)- Same 

 remarks. 



202, S <i'l-; same locality and date. lOJ— 1C|— .5;^— 4^='^.— 2|— 1^— 2J— |. Same 

 remarks. 



14.").!, 9 «'/.; I^xrley's Park, Utah, July 26, 1S09. llj— 17^. Bill, black, growing 

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

 with ilistiuct yellowish-green wash on the scutelliE. 



14.54, 9 ad.; same locality aud date. 10;| — 16|. Same remarks. 



1455, ? ad.; same locality and date. 11 — 16f. Same remarks. 



Teinga alpina. 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 



/?. americana. 



Tringn {Sohaniclus) alpina var. americana, Cassin, in Baird's Birds N. Am., 1858, 



719. 

 Tringa alpina var. americana, Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 530. — Coues, 



Key, 1S72, 250, flg. 106; Check List, 1873, No. 424; Birds N.W., 1874, 489. 



This species occurred among the large flocks of Sandpipers and otlier 



