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cry is exactly similar to that of our form. The stomachs of the 

 two which I examined were filled with small beetles, most of 

 them perfectly whole, 



Mackorhamphus griseus (Gmel.) Grey Snipe.— J obtained my 

 only example of this handsome wader on the last day of August, 

 1880, while feeding, in company with Actodromas maculata. 



MiCROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS (Bonap.) Stilt Sandpiper.— Occnr^ 

 not unfrequently along the edges of prairie tanks during August 

 and September ; but, unlike other allied species they are usually 

 found singly, and are therefore more than ordinarily tame and 

 unsuspicious. This is one of the only species of sandpipers in 

 whose stomach I have found remains of vegetables, such as seeds, 

 blades of grass, &c., in addition to worms and small aquatic 

 insects. 



Actodromas maculata (Vieill.) Pectoral Sandpiper. — A very 

 scarce migrant in our district, though appearing at both seasons, 

 especially during May and the latter half of August. They are 

 not confined to the neighbourhood of water, but are not uncom- 

 monly found, especially during the spring, consorting with allied 

 species on the sandy uplands, where they feed on small grass- 

 hoppers and beetles. 



Actodromas minutilla (Vieill.) Least Sandpiper. — Occurs 

 rarely during the northward migration in April, but on their 

 return in August and the first half of September, they are the 

 most abundant of the smaller waders, frequenting the muddy 

 margins of prairie tanks, though occasionally found associating 

 with Tryngites rufescens, on sandy patches remote from water. 

 They are generally found in family parties of five or six, but some- 

 times, and especially towards the close of the migration, flocks of 

 two or three dozens maybe seen. They are at all times unsuspicious, 

 carrying on their ordinary avocations within a few feet of the 

 observer, of whom they evince no fear. They feed upon minute 

 insects, and though a few seeds may now and then be detected, 

 their presence is perhaps due to accident. 



Pelidna alpina AMERICANA, Cass. Red-hacked Sandpiper. 

 — I obtained a fine adult male in full summer plumage upon the 

 29th April, 1880. It was accompanied by a mate, and both were 

 feeding on a bare patch of sandy ground along with a flock 

 of buff"-breasted sandpipers, with whom, however, they did not 



