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tibia and tarsus of the longest, and of the shortest 

 specimens. [My own observation fully bears out 

 this statement.] 



" The birds brought me were shot while feeding 

 in some shallow pools of water in the Salines at 

 Passage Fort. They were wading deeply. They 

 fed in small flocks, and winged about sportively, 

 mingled with Sandpipers of the Tringa cinerea 

 species. A variety of Teal were there also; and 

 the Shoveler Duck (Rhynchaspis clypeata\ a peculiar 

 insect-feeder, being among them at the same time, 

 makes us pretty distinctly acquainted with the 

 food of Himantopus. 



" In March 1842, I noticed several Stilt Plovers 

 fishing breast-high in a lakelet at the mouth of 

 the Rio Cobre, which I used to look upon from 

 the window of the dwelling I stayed at, at Passage 

 Fort. I saw some eight or ten together, when a 

 Kingfisher was fishing at one end of the pond, 

 and an Osprey at the other; the Kingfisher con- 

 fining himself to the tranquil stream, and the Osprey 

 to the broken waters, where the current of the 

 river contended with the shoaling sea. I saw the 

 Stilts there an hour together, beating breast-high 

 over the pond. It was evident that their food 

 floated on the surface." 



My friend adds Recurvirostra Americana, as an 

 occasional visitant of Jamaica. 



