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ril.KCOCIAI. Cli.M.I.ATOUKS - I.IMU'OL.K. 



yt'iif ill MiTiimd;!. I'roiii tin- -(Mil of .\iii,Mist tii the last oi' Scpli'iiiltfr. wiicrc it I'lv 

 (|m>iits till' Nwaiiiits tiilnl with stmitt'd tn-i's mul IhisIics. A iVw stra)4;Kl''i'x ii'iiiain 

 into Nnvi'inlicr. Oiif s|H'i'iiiii'ii was seen as cailv as .Inly 'J.'i ; ami in iS.'iU several 

 were met willi. in llieir s|>rin.i;' iiii.m'atinns. as early as tlie Ttli ni' April. Tliev were 

 i^enerally very sliy. Mr. Iluniis lueiitiniis tliat utlier examples were sImiI on tlie lOili 

 ami Idtli of April ol' llie same \ear. Mr. I>ali iioled llie presence of this species al 

 Niilato I'rom May JlMli to the iSlli. Mr. IJoss I'uiiml it near l''ort Simpson in liie 



lalt. 



rt oT Mav. it was also taken at l''ort ^'nlvon 1>\ Mr. .1. ,Mel>oii''al, al I'orl 



Iv'ae liy Mr. Clark, ami at Uii;- Islaml liy Mr. Ueid. 



Mr. Ileiisliaw prel'ers tlie name ol' Wood 'rattler lor this species, as he does nut 

 rej^'ard it as a solitary liird. lie mentions haviiifj; Ireipieiitly met with it at the WesI, 

 in mountainous lin'alities, on the liorders ol' such small ponds as are wholly sin- 

 rounded liy dense I'orests j^M'owiiii;' almost to the water's edp'. l>iirin,!L; the mii^ratoiy 

 season it ocenrs alniiidaiitly on the shores ol' all the ii\ers, and in tact Ireipieiils 

 every locality which is suited to the wants and tastes of W'adiii^-liirds. .\t I hese 

 seasons he I'onnd it very I'ar t'roni lieiny; siditary. and rarely to he seen alone ; littli' 

 eompaiiies of six or seven liein^ ipiite usual, and not inl'rei|iiently more may he seen 



tiiLrel 111 



lie did not sneeeed in lindinu' it hrtM'dint;. I>nt he has little ur no d 



that it. actnallv d< 



's so 111 part 



I'lali. ( 'olorado. and evi 



mill 



it her south. Il< 



states that Mr. .\iken took adult hirds near I'lieMo, Colorado, lale in .Inly, wliirli 

 had iindoiihtedly spent the siimii"r and were hreedinn' there. Mr. Ileiishaw proeiircil 

 specimens at difl'erent points in .\ri/.ona from .Inly L".l to Aiii;nsl I'l. 



This liird winters in Central .\merica, where it is evidently ipiilc eomiiKai. jiidf^ini; 

 rrimi the nnmlxM' of its skins in all lar^c ccdleclions from (inatemala. Mr. Skinner 

 (ihtained specimens near Cohan. It is also found in most of the West India Islamls, 

 (iiindlach niviiii; it as a \ isitant of Ciiha. and (Josse ineluiliu'4 it aimuiL;' the hirds of 

 .lamaiea, wher<' Im loiiiid it — not sceminn' parlieiilarly solitary - ahout piuids in pas- 

 tures and near fresh-water morasses, lis j;i//ard was tilled with Irat^nieiils id' miniilc 

 water-iusects. It is called hy him tli • •• I'.artailed Sainlpiper." ( hie id' these liinls, 

 whose wiiii;' had heeii hrokcn, was kept alive. It had most ol' the manners of I lie 

 Kildeer, hut. freipienlly ludd up the win,i;s when rnnnini;'. .\nollier, whiidi had hecn 

 wounded at Mount. I'ld,i;cnnilie I'ond. plniii;ed into the water and swam vis^orously. 



Professor Newton met with this species on the Island id' SI. Croix. In its ;;('ii 

 eral appeaianee it reminded him id' the Wood Sandpiper of I'lnrope (lili iiiii'iijiliihis 

 i//iirr(i/<i), while it has iiumc of the liahils and notes of the (ireen Sandpiper (li. nrhvu- 

 /Ills). It. was tpiite common on that island, and arrived alioiil the same time as llic 

 7'o/iniiis //firl/iis. lie olitaiiii'd one specimen as early as. Inly I'd. and .Mr. I'l. New 

 ton one on .\ni;'nsl T), In Trinidad, accordiiii;- to l.i'otaiid, it is only a hird of pas 



sa<'e. arriviim- there in .\imusl and leaving' iiiOcti 



It is almost always alone 



somt'times aeeompanied hy its mate, and occasionally mingled with a tlock of oilier 

 AVaders. It. is always seen near water, eitliiv on the hordevs of the sea. interior 

 ponds, or where water has softened llie soil, thus favoriiiL; a search for woians and 

 other food. Its movements are marked hy lightness and }^raee ; when it slops ii 

 freipienlly vilirates its head hai kwani and forward, movin.t,' its tail at the same lime 

 it Hies rajiidly. and in tlyin;; utters a low cr\ . as if callint; to a eiuiipanion. 



On the I'aeilif coast it occurs as far north as Alaska, where Mr. hall met with il 

 at Nnlato, s|)ariii,i,dy, in the month of May, and where it arrives as early as May o. 

 In ('alifornia. I>r. Cooper has not met. with this species south id' Santa Kiirhara. Kml 

 Tejon heiii;^ the most southern locality in whivdi its ocenrrenee has lieeii n-cordi'd. 

 It is more eommoii inland and toward the north, freipientiufj; idiietly the hanks ami 



