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appearing to be in the least alarmed; he had no doubt that, these birds regularly 

 bred on Tocano Mountain, near Easton, altlu)Ugh he could never find their nests. 

 He notes their reseniblanca'. botli in manners and markings, to li. orhrojms, or the 

 Green Sanilpiper of Eurojie. 



Nuttall states that a pair frequented, very familiarly, the small fish-pond in the 

 Botaiii(! (Jardcii in (Jambridge, attracted by larviu tliat fed on tlie water-lily. Tlicy 

 would trip over the sinking leaves with all tlie lightness and agility of the Kail. 



Mr. Nelson, in his " Notes on the Birds of Northeastern Illinois," speaks of tliis 

 species as a common migrant, arriving the 1st of May, and renuiining until about the 

 2oth, when the majority go farther north. He lias several times taken yoimg birds 

 near a prairie slough, winch were just able to Hv, and has noted the presence of adults 

 throughout the breeding-season, and does m)t think there can be the sliglitest doulit 

 that this species breeds in tliat vicinity, taking its departure southward in August 

 and September. The same writer noticeil this Tattler as being common on the banks 

 of the Humboldt, near Elko, Nevada, the young being half-grown. It frequented tlie 

 sloughs in the meadows, but only a single pair was seen in eacli. 



Early in August, 187S, L noticed a pair of this species with a brood of four young 

 hardly able to fly, near an open reservoir of rain-water, on Appledore, Isles of Shoals. 

 These were too young to have come to that island over the water, the distance being 

 nine nules ; and tliat tliis brood could liave been Iiatched on that rocky and treeless 

 island seemed very imi)robable. They were in company with, yet liolding aloof from, 

 several pairs of TriiKjohles macuhtrlus. My near presence at first appeared greatly 

 to alarm tlii> parents ; but they were soon rpiieted, as I did nothing to disturb them, 

 and they then resumed their search for worms in the black mud on the edge of the 

 Avater. 



Eggs of T, mactiluvhis, as a general rule, are made to do duty for those of this 

 species. The only egg which I have seen, and have reason to accejjt as authcntii', 

 was one taken in May, 187.S, by Mr. Jenness liichardson, near Lake Bombazine, \'cr- 

 mont. The nest was on the ground, and tlie female parent was shot as she left it. 

 The egg measured 1.37 by .9") inches, the ground-color being a light drab, similar 

 to that of yEi/!((litis vwlothi ; over this were scattered small rounded markings of 

 brown, some of these quite dark, nowhere confluent, and not large enough to be 

 called blotches. At the larger end there were a few faint purplish or lilac discoloi- 

 ations or shell-marks. The egg was elongated pyriform in shape. 



Rhyacophilus ochropus. 



THE GREEN SANDPIPER. 



Tringa ochrophiis, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 149 ; ed. 12, 1766, 250. 



Totamis uchropus, Tkm.m. Man. 1815, 420. — Naum. Vijg. Deutsclil. VIII. 1836, 59, pi. 197. — Ki:ys. 



& lii.As. Wiilj. Eur. 73. — IJonap. Comp. List, 1838, 51. — JIacgill. Man. II. 94. — GiiAV, Ooii. 



B. III. 573 ; Cnt. Brit. B. 1863, 1.58. 

 Rhyacophihia ocliropus, Hidow. I'loi'. V. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 3, 1880, 200 ; Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, nu. 



551. — CouEs, Cheek List, 2cl ed. 1882, no. 636. 

 Totanim rivalis and T. /eucourus, Bkkum, Viig. Deutsclil. 

 Oreen Sandpiper, "" 'jr. Brit. B. ed. 2, 11. 595, fig.; ed. 3, II. 642, fig.; et Auct. 



Hab. The PiiliEurctic Region, straying to Eastern North America (Nova Scotia, Harting) 

 Sp. Char. Adult in summer : Similar to R. solitarins, but upper tail-coverts pure white, wiili- 

 out markings ; tail white, the middle feathers widely barred, clear across, with dusky, the lateral 

 feathers with only one bar, or iiniuaculate, the others barred only toward ends. Lining of winy 



