glO OUNITIIOLOGY. 



KlIYxVCOPniLUS SOLITAEIUS. 



Solitnry Sandpiper. 



Triiiga .solitaria, Wilson, Am. Orn., VII, 1813, 53, pi. 5S, i\g. 3. 



Totamis soUtarius, Audubon, Syiiop., 1839, 2i2.— Coues, Key, 1872, 259; Check 



List, 1873, No. 435; Birds N.W., 187-1, 498.— Hbnshaw, 1875, 459. 

 EJnjacoiyhilus solitcirius, Cassin, Baiid's Birds N. Ain., 1858, 733.— Baird, Cat. N. 



Am. B., 1859, No. 511. 



This species seemed to be exceedingly rare in tlie Interior, since it 

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

 Valley, May 13, 1868, while a pair were observed at the Glendale Meadows 

 in July, 1867; a single individual was also observed in Parley's Park, in 

 August. It was not )net with in the Sacramento Valley. 



TlilNCIOlDES MACULAKIUS. 

 SpottocI Sandpiper. 



Trbifja macularia., Linn., Syst. Nafc., I, 170G, 249. 



TringoideH macularius, Gray, Genera of Birds, III, 1849, 574.— Cassin, in Baird's 

 Birds N. Am., 1858, 735.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 18.59, No. 543.— CouES, 

 Key, 1872, 2G0 ; Ciieclc List, 1873, No. 430; Birds N.W., 1874, 501.— IIen- 

 SHAW, 1875, 400. 



Next to the Kill-deer {J^gkditis vodfenis), the Spotted Sandpiper is 

 probal)ly the most abundant and generally-distributed of the small waders 

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

 altitude of more than 7,000 feet, its fovorite haunts being the gravelly 

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

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



Liat of specimens. 



502, i ad.; Carson City, April 29, 1868. 7^— 13J— 4|— 3§. Commissure and 

 whole of the lower mandible, dilate wax-yellow; rest of the bill, black ; iris, vandyke- 

 brown ; tarsi and toes, dilute a.shy-olive. 



1302, ef-gs (2); Pack's Canon, Uintah :\Iountains, July 3, 1809. Nest, a very 

 neat one of stie1<s, in a sli;.;lit depression on the gi'avelly bank of a brook. Effff^ nearly 

 batched. 



1408, j«i-.; Bailey's Bark, July 28, 1809. Bill, black, lower maudible purplish 

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



