1908] BIRDS. 15 



Food Insects from meadow and beach. 



246. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus). One speci- 

 men. Note carefully the difference between the feet of the Least Sand- 

 piper and this species. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern North America. 



W. Va. Dist. No positive records for this state. 



Nest Breeds in arctic regions. 



Food Insects and other forms of life along the beach. 



254. Greater Yellow-legs (Totarws melanoleucus] . Two specimens, 

 adult and young. 



Geog. Dist. North America. 

 W. Ya. Dist. "Common" (Morgan). 



Nest Minnesota and northward. In winter goes as far south as 

 Patagonia. 



Food Insects and worms. 



255. Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipes). Two specimens. It is in- 

 teresting to compare this and the former species. Note difference in 

 size. 



Geog. Dist; North America. 



W. Ya. Dist. Surber shot a male Yellow-legs in Greenbrier 

 County April 20, 1893. Wm. Brewster records this species from 

 Ritchie County. "More common than Greater Yellow-legs/' (Sid- 

 ney Morgan). 



Nest New York northward to arctic regions. 



Food Insects. 



256. Solitary Sandpiper (Totanus solitanus). One adult speci- 

 men. "This is a wood sandpiper. It is rarely found on the beaches or 

 salt marshes near the sea, but frequents fresh-water ponds, or lakes 

 and woodland streams, both in the lowlands and mountains." (Chap- 

 man). 



Geog. Dist. Eastern North America. 



W. Ya. Dist On May 23, 1901, Rev. G. Eifrig found the Solitary 

 Sandpiper on the Swamp Ponds, just across the Potomac from Cum- 

 berland. In 1874 Mr. Brewster found this species to be quite numer- 

 ous in Ritchie County. "Yery common" (Morgan). 



Nest Breeds in northern TJ. S. and northward. Nest has rarely 

 been found. 



