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110. Pelidna Americana. Ked-backed Sandpiper, Not common. 



111. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Very common 

 during August. One day while in pursuit of plover, I killed, at a 

 single discharge, twenty-six from a passing flock. 



112. Tringa canutus. Robin Snipe. Rather rare during summer. 



113. Arquatellamaritima. Purple Sandpiper. Very common in win- 

 ter, immense flocks frequenting the stony beaches. In summer, rare. 

 I took a single specimen, Aug. 13, among a large flock of E. pusillus. 



114. Actodromas minutilla. Least Sandpiper. Very common in 

 August. 



115. Symphemia semipalmata. Willet. Rather common in August. 

 The old men tell about a bird they call a " Tinkasheer" that used to 

 breed in abundance on Menan fifty years ago, and from their descrip- 

 tion it seems to be identical with the species in question. 



116. Gambetta melanoleuca. Winter Yellow Legs. Common. 



117. Gambetta Jlavipes. Summer Yellow Legs. Common. 



118. Rhyacophilus solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. Common. 



111). Tringoides macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. Common; breeds 

 everywhere. 



120. Philomachus pugnax. Ruff. Given by Boardman. 



121. Limosa Hudsonica. Hudson God wit. Mr. Cheney sent me a pair 

 that he shot in November, 1871. They were the only ones he ever saw. 



122. Numenius borealis. Esquimaux Curlew. Rare. 



123. N. longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. Not rare in autumn. 



124. N. Hudsonicus. Short-billed Curlew. Rare during migrations. 



125. Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. Not rare in August. 



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126. Phalaropus hyperboreus. Northern Phalarope, " Sea Goose." 

 Very common. Thousands may be seen all summer on the "Rip- 

 plings" about eight miles from Menau, where they congregate to 

 feed on the shrimp and animalculse that are drifting in the eddies 

 made by the advancing and receding tide. They never come on 

 shore unless driven by storms, and are so tame, especially in foggy 

 weather, that I have almost run them down with a sail boat. P. Wil- 

 sonii and fulicarius probably occur. 



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127. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. Common; but I did not 

 find it breeding. 



128. Botaurus lentiginosus. Bittern. Rather rare. 



129. Butorides virescens. Green Heron. Not rare ; it may breed, 

 but I do not think it does. 



