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exact location of the previous day. It was very tame and I 

 had no difficulty working up as near as the soft mud would allow, 

 about fifteen feet from the little fellow. I studied it for about two 

 hours and satisfactorily identified it as no other than the Baird's. 

 Most of the time it kept by itself but frequently other Sandpipers 

 approached sometimes within a few inches. The possibility of a 

 White-rump was eliminated by the bird showing that the middle 

 of the rump was dark not only once but several times. Besides 

 being larger than the Semi-palmated the light portions of the 

 feathers of the back were light buff instead of gray. The breast 

 was buff-colored and darker and the line of demarkation be- 

 tween it and the belly more abrupt. From the Pectoral besides 

 being smaller the back and breast appeared lighter. The feathers 

 of the scapulars appeared rounded almost like scales. In most 

 of the smaller Sandpipers they appear pointed, this is not always 

 so much due to the shape of the feathers as to the pointed dark 

 portion next to the shaft. The note resembled that of the Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper, the legs brownish like a Least. 



The bird was last seen August 28. On this date another surprise 

 was in store for me. I was looking at the Baird's when a bunch 

 of small shore-birds appeared coming into the pond, and among 

 them a larger bird dodging about in a most erratic manner much 

 like a Solitary Sandpiper. The group lit close by and I saw 

 almost at once that the large bird was neither a Solitary nor a 

 Yellow-legs but a Stilt Sandpiper. While in general appearance 

 it looked like a Yellow-legs, close examination showed the plumage 

 to be streaked rather than spotted, a light line passed over the 

 eye, a dark streak ran through it. Compared to a Dowitcher 

 feeding nearby, the body of the Stilt looked about the same in 

 size. The bill slightly decurved at the tip was of course much 

 shorter and also noticeably thinner. The legs were much longer 

 and more slender. In color they were brownish. The actions 

 of the bird were quite difl'erent from the Yellow-legs. While 

 feeding, the Stilt frequently forced its bill down into the mud 

 until half of the head disappeared. The bird was under observa- 

 tion for a half hour and during that time it did not bob its head 

 once in the characteristic manner of the Yellow-legs or Solitary 

 Sandpiper. No note was heard nor was the bird seen again after 



