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on insects and worms. Notes and flight extraordinary but 

 indescribable in brief. Most notable of our game birds. 



30. Gallinago delicata Ord. 

 WILSON'S SNIPE. JACK SNIPE. 



Above, blackish, speckled with whitish, bay and tawny; beneath, white, 

 fore breast slightly speckled with dusky. Length, 11 inches. 



Irregular and uncommon visitor during the migrations, 

 especially in the late fall. 



31. Tringa minutilla Viell. 



LEAST SANDPIPER. PEEP. 



Above, each feather black centered, edged with bright bay and tipped 

 with white; beneatli, white, lower throat with a brownish suffusion. 

 Length, 6 inches. 



Occasional during the spring migration, at Adam's pond 

 and in similar places. Taken in May, 1884 and 1886. 



32. Totanus flavipes (Qmel.). 

 YELLOW-LEGS. LESSER TELL-TALE. 



Above, blackish speckled with whitish; beneath, white; lower throat, 

 dusky. Length, 11 inches. 



Rare and irregular visitor during the migrations. 



33. Totanus solitarius (Wils.). 

 SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



Above, olive-brown finely speckled with white; beneath, white, lower 

 throat shaded with brownish. Length, 8-9 inches. 



Uncommon and uncertain migrant in May, August and Sep- 

 tember. The reported breeding near Adam's pond is undoubt- 

 edly erroneous ; neither parent bird was taken. 



34. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). 

 UPLAND PLOVER. 



Above, varied blackish, whitish and tawny; lateral tail feathers, orange- 

 brown marked with black and tipped with white; beneath, white; lower 

 part of throat, dusky- Length, 12-13 inches. 



