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distribution than was at first supposed; indeed it is already known to be j^enerally 

 distributed throughout the interior of North Anu'riea and to the western portions of 

 South Anu'rica, and it has quite recently l)een ascertained to be of occasional occur- 

 rence on the Atlantic coast. .Mr. II. W. llensliaw procured a single specimen, Aug. 

 1'", 1870, on one of the islands in IJoston Harbor; and since then Mr. jMaynard has 

 obtained some of this species near Ipswicli, Mas.s., and examples have been taken on 

 the same coast by others. 



In his " Notes on the liirds of Colorado," Mr. .1. A. Allen mentions meeting with 

 tliis species in that State, not far from Colorado City; and Dr. Woodhouse speak.- of 

 set'iug birds of this species at different tiuu's in various i)arts of the Indian Territory, 

 as well as in New Mexico, calling them Tnii'j<( Sfhlnx!!. 'I'lie sjKicimens jirocured 

 liy Dr. Woodliouse near the I'ueldo of Zuni are in the National Aluseuni, and are now 

 known to belong to this species, thus extending its range to the region Avest of the 

 IJocky IMountains. 



It has also been a.scertained that three examples, referred to by Mr. Cassin as 

 Trliii/a lionajxirtei, really l>elonged to tliis species. These wer(! from Onudia, Fort 

 Kearney, ami the Yellowstone JJegion ; and it is now known tluit (huing the fall 

 migration in the nu)nth of August this sjjecies is one of the nu)st abundant Sandpi- 

 pers in Dakota, Ichdio, and Montana. It occurs in small Hocks ah)ng the rivers and 

 small lakes, and also in all otlier suitable places anu)ng the liocky 3I(mntains. It is 

 not only found among the small saliiu- ])ools of the prairies, generally near water- 

 courses, but also at tinu-s at a distance from any permanent stream. It is described 

 ;is a very quiet and gentle species, and one that may be app>roached and secured with 

 ease. 



]\Ir. Ilenshaw, in his Report on tlie IJirds of Ttab and Colorado, states that during 

 its sjjring and fall migrations, IJaird's Sandpiper occurs over most of the interior of 

 North America. Througlumt Colorado, New ^lexico, and Arizona he found it (piite 

 evenly distributed, making its appearance from the nortli about the latter part of 

 August,, and becoming toleraltly common in Se[)tember. He never met with it in 

 large Hocks, not more than five or six being generally found together, the number 

 i)eiiig often sw(dled by the addition of a few of other species oi AVaders. These birds 

 are so unsuspicious that he has often walked uj) to within a dozen feet of a little flock, 

 as they scattered about with liasty steps in search of food. They are not so )»artial to 

 the vicinity of water as most of the other members of the Wading family, although in 

 general sharing their habits. He not unfrequently met with them about the stock 

 corrabs, and even in yards (dose to the houses. 



In the sunnner of 1872, late in August, Mr. Tri])i)e saw large flocks of this species 

 near the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado, at an elevation of nearly fourteen 

 thoiisand feet above the sea ; they were fV-eding on grasshojjpers. 



Mr. Kidgway has also met with this 8])eeies in Nevada, where he found it rather 

 eonnnon during the period of its migrations, associating with various other Sandpi- 

 pers, particularly with Artodromus niiiiKfilln and I'Jirinirtrs /Htnlllitn. It hits also been 

 noticed on the I'acific coa.st, a.s ^Ir. Dall states that one specimen was obtained 

 l»y Bischoff at Sitka, and several at Kadiak; and it is not rare on the Yukon. A 

 single specimen was procured on Amak Island, north of the peninsula of Alaska, by 

 Captain Everett Smith. 



Mr. J. Edmund Ilarting, in the " Ibis " (1870, ]). 151), states that a single specimen 

 of this species was taken at Walvisch Hay, Africa, Oct. L'4, 18G3. The finding of this 

 species in Southwestern Africa a])pears to be not a little remarkiible, as it has thus 

 far not been recognized as occurring in Europe. The specimen from Walvisch Bay 



