36 RECORDS VOLUME XI, FEB., 1 91 9. 



and he has black legs and bill, and white upper tail 

 coverts, a white eye ring, and gray white under parts. 



The spotted sandpiper had quite uniform upper parts 

 with no spots. The under parts were white with dusky 

 or gray projections on either side of the breast or neck, 

 and it has a shorter bill than the solitary. The outer 

 tail feathers are seen white on flying, and the legs are 

 gray pink at a distance. In the spring plumage, the 

 birds' breast and flank are spotted. This sandpiper 

 teeters like the solitary, only a little more constantly, 

 and the bird is rather smaller and more chunky than 

 the solitary. 



On September 9, the lighthouse keeper, Mr. Corbett, 

 said that he noticed no birds killed about the station 

 that morning. One came within the cage of the light, 

 and a umber flew about the light. It was rainy and wet 

 a number flew about the 'light. It was rainy and wet 

 nearly all night. It is wet and foggy nights on which 

 the birds are found killed. 



One ring billed gull was seen flying close to. Judge 

 Jenney, who identified it, states that there is more 

 black on the shoulder than has the herring gull, and 

 there is a band of creamy white on the tip of the tail. 

 The young ring billed gulls have no ring on the bill and 

 the plumage is more mottled and broken up. 



A myrtle warbler was seen feeding on the sand near 

 the fish house. It was very tame and I v/as able to 

 approach within five or six feet of it. It is a smaller 

 bird, but in markings resembles a purple finch when 

 looking down upon it. There is. however, a wash of 

 yellow upon its flanks and it has a warbler's bill. When 

 it moves its wings, it shows a decided yellow rump, and 

 when it flirts its tail, white shows on the ends of the 

 outer tail feathers. The notch in the tail is seen as 

 decided as that of the purple finch. 



The crested flycatcher is a large bird with a black 

 bill, and has a mouse gray crest, but the crest seemed 

 not so high as represented in most of the books. The 

 belly is yellow and the sides and flank washed with yel- 



