' 1920 I Nichols, Limicoline Voices. DoQ 



spring there are several variations of this note, one "ki-yi-yuk," 

 much like the loudest, most ringing call of the Greater Yellow-legs. 



A less frequent note resembles the "whew whew whew" of the 

 Greater Yellow-legs but is much lower pitched, not loud. It is 

 homologous but not analogous with this Yellow-legs note. It has 

 been heard from a bird hanging about a pool in the meadows. 



" Ply-wly-wip, ply-wly-wip, " corresponds to song; it is the 

 common loud note on the southern breeding grounds in spring; 

 its author most frequently poised on quivering wings above the 

 meadow. 



"Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk" etc., in tern-like series from two 

 mating birds is probably homologous with the alighting and flush- 

 ing notes of the Yellow-legs, Nos. (7) and (8). 



Loud high "kree-uk" infrequent in spring on the breeding 

 grounds, suggests No. (12) of the Lesser Yellow-legs with which 

 it may be homologous. 



Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia). The Spotted Sand- 

 piper is the only species of which the calls, while nesting, are thor- 

 oughly familiar to the writer, and it should be borne in mind in 

 comparing them with those of the others treated that the compari- 

 son is not a fair one; these others doubtless have breeding calls 

 with which he is unfamiliar. 



"Hoy, hoy, weet, weet, weet, weet weet weet weet" is a pro- 

 longed call frequently heard in the early part of the nesting season, 

 in toto or in part, suggesting in that respect the songs of the cuck- 

 oos. It doubtless has value as advertisement or location notice 

 and something the significance of a very generalized song. A 

 series of loud "weet"s, heard also at other times of year, the most 

 far-reaching call of the species, doubtless serves as location notice. 

 Towards sunset on July 16, 1919, Oyster Bay, N. Y., the weather 

 still and foggy, one at the shore was so calling repeatedly, I felt 

 sure in an effort to locate another of its kind. 



"Pip! pip! pip!" is a note heard between adult birds in 

 the breeding season which seems to be of polite address, or possibly 

 impolite, as it is almost identical in form with a note of protest 

 by old birds when nest or young are threatened. This last is 

 perhaps shorter and dryer. Something very like the former has 

 been heard from an old bird when with her young. 



