2 SCOLOPACID^. 



this brood could have been hatched on that rocky and treeless island seemed 

 very improbable. They were in company with, yet holding aloof from, several 

 pairs of Tringoides macularius. My near presence at first appeared greatly to 

 alarm the parents ; but they were soon quieted, as I did nothing to disturb them, 

 and they then resumed their search for worms in the black mud on the edge of 

 the water." 



