52 Williams, Birds of Goose Creek, Fla. \iaa. 



22. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. — Fairly 

 numerous wherever the Least Sandpipers occurred, as above stated. They, 

 too, showed little fear of us, and when one day a Least Sandpiper was 

 unintentionally wounded by a shot from my gun, and fluttered for some 

 moments in the spot where shot, two Red-backed Sandpipers, moved by 

 commiseration for a companion in distress or by some other very strong 

 impulse, flew to the spot and hovered around the sandpiper with half 

 extended wings for some seconds. 



23. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs.— Only three 

 were seen. These I found practically every day of my visit, feeding in a 

 small, shallow, muddy pond just off the road leading to East Goose Creek 

 through one of the prairie areas about half a mile back. Whenever I saw 

 them they were standing abreast, erect, motionless, and apparently re- 

 garding us with some degree of doubt as to whether we were hostile or not . 



24. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Western Willet. 

 — I did not attempt to collect a specimen, but there is little doubt that 

 those I saw, about four in number, flying over the main beach, were of the 

 western form, as the eastern bird winters extralimitally. 



25. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — Only one 

 was seen, flying over the main beach. 



26. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — Fairly abundant about all 

 the waters visited except the saw grass pond in the hammock, where con- 

 ditions were not suitable for them. They mingled freely with the other 

 shore birds on the beach, mud flats, and oyster beds. 



27. iEgialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — Only one 

 was seen, feeding on a mud flat in the Creek with Least and Red-backed 

 Sandpipers. 



28. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. — Sev- 

 eral seen from time to time feeding on the damp, sandy spaces in the bul- 

 rush marsh between the main beach and our house. 



29. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. — Fairly 

 common around the Creek, bulrush marshes, and in the back country. 



30. Catharista urubu. Black Vulture. — Only two seen, back 

 near the heavily timbered areas. This species occurs much less abundantly 

 in the maritime sections than the preceding. 



31. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — Fairly common over the 

 bulrush marshes and prairies. 



32. Accipiter veldx. Sharp-shinned Hawk.— One was seen to 

 dash into the cluster of water oaks and cedars near the Gamble house. 



33. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. — Two were seen flying 

 over the marsh in front of our house. 



34. Buteo borealis borealis. Red-tailed Hawk. — One was seen 

 to enter a heavy woodland from an old field about two miles back of East 

 Goose Creek, and the dead body of another was lying in front of the house 

 of our laundress near the same place. 



35. Buteo iineatus alleni. Florida Red-shouldered. Hawk. — 



