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^5q Bowdish, Birds of Porto Rico. LOct. 



•20 Tringa fuscicollis. White-rumped Sandpiper.- This bird is 

 not induded in Dr. Rich^Bond's list and was probably not recorded at the 

 Un e of my going to Porto Rico. I shot a female at the above mention d 

 rl'd-flat, Ocl .,1900. Stomach contained fine grit, and well digested 



'':f ' TrL'ga minutiUa. Least Sandpipkr- On Sept. .3, ^9- at the 

 n.ud:flat above referred to, I shot a male. At the same place, Sept 4, 

 Zi I shot ten in a few minutes and could have shot many more. Then 

 omach contents was small snails and bits of ^^■-■^-^^X^Z:' ":t 

 not include the bird in his list and I am not sure that it has been pie 

 vlsly recorded. I found the bird common also at Mona Island, where I 



"^:!^S;:r:::ffliv;;;r^YE..ow-.EOS._Shot a fema. at .. above 

 ,.;:tioned mud-flat, Oct. 7. Stomach contained a f- grams of sand. 

 . ,3. Helodromas solitarius. Solitary ^---"^^^'-^f ^g \^7,. '^ 

 f. 11 and winter. Shot a male Oct. 7, 1900, another on Oct. 18, a th d 

 tall ana vMULc o , ^ ,noT Three stomachs were empty, the 



Dec. 9, and a fourth on Sept. 5, 1901- ^^^^^ *'^"' 

 fnnrth contained a little fine aquatic life. 



"f Actiis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper.- Common through 

 autumn r winter. Began to arrive by the middle of September, and 



was seen as late as April. _ ^^^^^^^^ throughout the 



. ^c. iEgiahtis vocifera. Killdeer. ramy 



winter af times feeding on the U. S. Infantry drill grounds. In 1899, 

 It tn'juan, I noted th^m as late as March .6. The ^o^^o^^-^E ^^^^^^^^ 

 heard them first on Oct. 18. In 1900, I heard them on April 7^ In the 

 au umn I heard the first at Aguadilla, Oct. 7- I" I90_x I --'"'^^^^J^^^f 

 on Feb --8, at Aguadilla. I was away from Porto Rico during pait of 

 March a;dAprii: or I might have gotten a later date. In the autumn 

 „.y date for their arrival at Mayague. -s Sept. 4^ ^^^^ ^^ 



• 26 iEeialitis wilsonia rufinucha — bhot a maie iruu 

 sandoipef. on the beach at Vieques, Nov. 5, .899. Stomach emptv. 



:°Tctunus virginianus cuban.nsis? Coe.s- Bob-w„,t. -Intro 

 duced Very rare. I saw one on a hill near Maj-agueJ, but ,t yf^"'^'^ 

 tore I could change the shell in ™y gun, and in the dense under-brush 



' r Nlia'::.-.- "out... .ow..-C„,n„,„„ in certain iocalUi. 



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■"^ Cofula s^uknlosa. 'SCLBO P,OBO..-Con,n,on .here no, too 

 niuch hunrd. On Mona they were abundant, though not as u.uch so as 



'.'■;r Columba leucocephaia. W„,T.-caow..» ^^ r;f ^f n"" 

 seen about Mayague.. Very abundant on Mona stand. One shot 

 , A'nadillai^ Probably common in all suitable localtttes. 



