1916 J Nichols and Harper, Long Island Shore Birds. 200 



Fig. 2. Least Sandpipers (on left) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (on 

 right). East Pond, Hicks Beach, L. I. September 8, 1912. (F. H.) 



Fig. 3. Semipahnated Sandpipers (and probably other species) rising 

 from a mud-flat. Gilgo Flats, Jones Beach, L. I. July 28, 1912. (F. H.) 



Plate XI. 



Fig. 1. Oxeyes passing over decoys. Gilgo Flats, Jones Beach, L. I. 

 September 4, 1911. (F. H.) 



Fig. 2. Greater Yellowlegs wheeling over decoys. Freeport, L. I. 

 May 15, 1910. (F. H.) 



Fig. 3. Greater Yellowlegs coming in to decoys. Freeport, L. I. 

 May 15, 1910. (F. H.) 



Fig. 4. Greater Yellowlegs hovering among decoys, with legs dangling, 

 but unable to alight in deep water. Mastic, L. I. September 13, 1915. 

 (F. H.) 



Plate XII. 



Lesser Yellowlegs. Mastic, L. I. 

 Fig. 1. Flock alighted among decoys. Late July, 1913. (J. T. N.) 

 Fig. 2. Flock passing over decoys. September 11, 1915. (F. H.) 

 Fig. 3. Two birds dropping in. (In wheeling sharply, one has turned 



almost over.) September 11, 1915. (F. H.) 

 Fig. 4. Single bird standing on mud-lump near decoys. September 1, 



1912. (F. H.) 



Plate XIII. 



Figs. 1, 3. Black-bellied Plovers. (Note the black axUlars showing in 

 one of the flying birds.) East Pond, Hicks Beach, L. I. August 24, 1912. 

 (F. H.) 



Figs. 2, 4. Semipalmated Plovers in front of blind at a pool on the 

 salt marshes. Freeport, L. I. August 21 and 20, 1910. (F. H.) 



