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September 12, 1905. Mr. Beck reports^ having seen one on 

 Clipperton Island on November 19, 1901. 



Symphemia semipalmata: Willet 



Abingdon and Albemarle islands. 



On November 1, 1905, a Willet was seen on the ocean 

 beach near Villamil, Albemarle Island. Another was ob- 

 served in the same locality with a small flock of Hudsonian 

 Curlews on September 3 of the following year. 



A male (No. 1980 C. A. S.) was captured on a beach on the 

 south side of Abingdon Island, September 21, 1906. 



Helodromas solitarius: Solitary Sandpiper 



Chatham Island. 



Two specimens are reported from Chatham Island, October 

 12, 1897, by Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert in the Novitates 

 Zoologicae^ for the year 1899. I know of no other record of 

 this species from the Galapagos Islands. 



Heteractitis incanus : Wandering Tattler 



Abingdon, Albemarle, Barrington, Bindloe, Brattle, Cham- 

 pion, Charles, Chatham, Culpepper, Duncan, Gardner-near- 

 Hood, Hood, Indefatigable, James, Jervis, Narborough, Sey- 

 mour, Tower, and Wenman islands. 



The shrill, piping call of the Wandering Tattler was a very 

 characteristic sound of the Galapagos coasts. As a rule lone 

 birds were seen, but on February 1, 1906, a flock of nine was 

 noted on Hood Island, while a flock of a dozen was seen on 

 Clipperton Island, Mexico, on August 10, 1905. In the Gala- 

 pagos Islands the species proved to be a common one, and 

 was observed throughout the year except from April 11 to 

 June 25. At Cocos Island, Costa Rica, during the first half 

 of September, 1905, a few were seen along the rocky shores. 



On two occasions Wandering Tattlers were seen in unusual 

 situations. On Indefatigable Island several were seen feed- 

 ing in the salt lagoons, while on south Albemarle I saw one 



^Condor, v. 9, p. 109. 

 =V. 6, p. 188. 



