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rarely on the mountain in May and October, on its journeys 

 from Greenland to Cayenne. 



TRINGA Wilsonii, (Nutt.) Wilson's sandpiper. The 

 little " Peeps" is a northern bird, its breeding resorts being 

 within the arctic circle. It passes through the State of 

 Pennsylvania, north and south, in May and October, to and 

 from its natal region. It is a well-known sandpiper, but its 

 visits to the mountain are extremely brief, unless from strag- 

 glers who have become loafers. 



TRINGA Solitaria. The green swamp tatler comes to the 

 Alleghany early in May, retiring in September. According 

 to JSTuttall, " it breeds in the marshy solitudes of the moun- 

 tains of Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, but a great 

 part of the species proceeds to boreal regions, even as far 

 as the extremity of the continent. " 



TRINGA Semipalmata. Semipalmated sandpiper. This 

 species is spread over the continent from the arctic circle to 

 the southern extremity and West Indies. It is recognized by 

 its familiar notes of " to-weet, to-weet." It is found along the 

 streams in the valleys at base of mountain. 



TOTANUS. This genus is close to the snipe, god- wit, 

 tringa, some of the species having high northern range, even 

 to the 69J of parallel. 



TOTANUS Semipalmatus, (Tern.) Willet. This is a 

 large snipe, and said to inhabit " almost every part of the 

 United States, from the coast of Florida to the distant 

 shores and saline lakes in the vicinity of the Saskatchewan, 

 up to the fifty-sixth parallel." It may breed on the moun- 

 tain, but is rare. 



TOTANUS Flavipes, (Vieill, Bon.) Yellow-shanks tatler. 

 This is said to be "the most common bird of the family in 

 America, its summer residence, or breeding station, extend- 

 ing from the Middle States to the northern extremity of the 

 continent." It rarely appears on the mountain, notwith- 

 standing this statement. This is no doubt accounted for 

 from its preferring the rivers, marshes, and lakes near the 



