60 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



think, must have felt as queer as he 

 looked." 



In his essay "On Boston Common" Mr. 

 Torrey mentions once finding the body of 

 a Woodcock which had evidently met its 

 death against an electric wire. 



No recent records have been obtained. 



6. SOLITARY SANDPIPER 



Helodromas solitarius 



On May 3, 1905, and again on May 23, 

 1907, a Solitary Sandpiper has come into 

 the Garden on the wing, lit upon the stone 

 curbing of the pond, and after taking two 

 or three successive flights over the water 

 has departed, having made only a few 

 minutes' stay. These very brief visits sug- 

 gest that such birds may come into the 

 Garden more often than they have been 

 recorded and pass out unobserved after, 

 it may be, only a moment's delay. 



Dr. Charles W. Townsend furnishes me 

 with an autumn record of a Solitary Sand- 

 piper in the Garden, namely, on Septem- 

 ber 27, 1905. 



