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whom I have conversed entirely unknown ; and were it not from 

 having in my possession a specimen that was purchased in Fulton 

 Market, and having seen two or three others that were procured 

 through the same source— all of which, it is said, were shoe on the 

 eastern end of the Island — I would not feel at liberty to include it 

 in our local Fauna. 



According to Mr. Audubon, this species is very abundant in the 

 United States, and nowhere more so than in the neighborhood of 

 the harbor of Boston. When there, a gunner in his employ brought 

 in several dozens, which he had killed in the course of a single 

 afternoon. 



In speaking of its habits, he says that they are seen in flocks of 

 eight or ten, on the rocky shores of the sea. They seem to shun 

 sandy beaches, and seldom advance far inland ; and Mr. A. adds, 

 that south of New York they are rarely met with. 



TRINGA SUBARQUATA— TEM. 



CURLEW SANDPIPER. 



Tringa suWquata, Bo.:ap. Svn. 



Cape Curlew or Sandpiper, Nutt. Man. 



Cuilew Sandpiper, Tringi bubartpjaia. Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill one inch and a half long, slightly 

 arched ; tarsi one inch and seven-eighths. Adult with the bill an 

 inch and a half long, curved, dark olive green ; a line of grayish- 

 white, intermixed with pale red, from the base of the upper mandi- 

 ble, passing over the eye ; upper part of the head dark brown, the 

 feathers margined with pale red ; chin white ; a spot of brown at 

 the base of the bill, extending back to the eye ; breast, sides of the 

 head, neck, and sides of the body rufous, barred with white and 

 dusky ; flanks whitish, barred with dusky ; abdomen whitish, tin- 

 ged with rufous ; under tail coverts white, with a dusky spot near 

 the tips ; upper tail coverts white, barred with dark brown; general 

 upper plumage dark brown, the feathers largely spotted with red- 

 dish brown, and tipped with white ; primaries dark brown, secon- 

 daries lighter, margined with white; coverts light brown, slightly 

 margined with white. Winter plumage — chin white ; a line of 



