536 Nichols, Limicoline Voices. [bet! 



A rolling note, "kerrwee, kerrwee, kerrwee, " now loud, now very 

 low and distant, has been heard from an adult with the evident 

 purpose of assembling her young. Though with different, special- 

 ized application, it is pretty surely homologous with the location 

 notice, No. (1) of the Yellow-legs. 



Young birds that have taken refuge in the grass, presently 

 if danger seems passed, begin to call "pip wip," perhaps the note 

 most like that of the Solitary Sandpiper, to advertise to one 

 another and their parents what and where they are. The "pit- 

 wit-wit" frequently heard from adults as a note of departure may 

 best be considered a variation of this one as also the "peet weet 

 weet" or "weet weet" most frequent a little later in the season as 

 little companies of birds start out over the water for longer or 

 shorter distances. The third variation is the most characteristic 

 note of the species, frequently heard from passing birds, and a 

 very good analog of the flight-identification notes referred to under 

 the transient species. From it is constructed the latter part of 

 the song. The initial notes of same likely have some homology 

 with the rolling note compared to No. (1) of the Yellow-legs. 



An old bird, surprised near her brood and fluttering off playing 

 wounded called "cheerp cheerp," a sort of scream as of pain and 

 fear, doubtless the impression it was intended to convey, and a 

 young bird, captured, cried "seep," indicative of its dire extrem- 

 ity. 



Hudsonian or Jack Curlew (Numeniiis hudsonicus). The 

 flight-note of the Jack Curlew resembles that of the Greater 

 Yellow-legs from which it is rather easily distinguished, being less 

 modulated and usually lower pitched. It commonly consists of 

 four short whistles, but is frequently prolonged even into a trill. 

 The more prolonged calls are usually the dryer, and seem char- 

 acteristic of the noisiest birds, flying highest or with most un- 

 certainty. 



Black-bellied or Black-breast Plover (Sqvatarola squalarola) . 

 The flight-note of the Black-breast is a clear, ringing "pe-oo-ee" 

 although shortened and otherwise varied at different times, this 

 note is the only one ordinarily heard from single individuals or 

 small flocks of this species. In general it may be said that the 



