BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 239 
took place in 1875, when I saw one on the 26th, and obtained two at 
Peniston’s Pond on the 29th April. These were, of course, in beautiful 
plumage. 
Genus RHYACOPHILUS, Kaup. 
115. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.), Cass. Solitary Sandpiper. 
Tringa ochropus, var 3, Lath. 
Tringa solitaria, Wils. 
Totanus solitarius, Aud., Gir., Hoy, Schl., Gray, Hart., Coues. 
Rhyacophilus solitarius, Cass., Coues & Prent., Hayd., Verr., Allen, Coues,. 
Dress., Lawr., Dall & Bann., Mayn., Stev. 
Totanus chloropus, var. solitarius, Ridg. 
Totanus choloropygius, Vieil., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Wagl., Nutt., Aud. 
Rhyacophilus chlorophygius, Bp. 
Totanus glareola, Ord. 
Totanus macroptera, Spix. 
Length, 8 to 84; wing, 5; tail 24. 
Hab.—Western Hemisphere; accidental in Europe ; North to Alaska ; 
winters in Mexico, Centraland South America, and West Indies. (Coues.) 
I observed one on the 19th July, 1874, but they generally come with 
the other species in August. They soon betake themselves to the 
wooded swamps, where they may be found singly or in pairs through- 
out the autumn. Fresh arrivals sometimes take place in the spring. 
Their habit of bobbing the head and body when alarmed is very comical.. 
Genus TRINGOIDES, Bp. 
116. Tringoides macularius, (Linn.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. 
Tringa mucularia, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils. 
Totanus macularius, Temm., Boie, Flem., Eyt., Brehm, Bp., Nutt., Aud., Gir., 
Hoy, Trippe. 
Actitis macularius, Boie, Naum., Bp., Keys & Blas., Schl., Finsch. 
Tringoides macularius, Gray, Bd., Coop. & Suck., Coues, Hayd., Dress., Dall 
& Bann., Mayn., Allen, Stey., and most late U. 8. authors. 
Tringites macularius, Scl. & Salvy. 
Trigna notata, Ul. 
Length, 74 to 8; wing, 44; tail, 2. 
Hab.—North America at large; winters in Southern States and be- 
yond; Central and South America to Brazil; West Indies; casual in 
Europe. (Coues.) 
Flocks of young birds appear early in August, followed soon after by a 
limited number of adults. They frequent the same places as the other 
“snippets,” and serve to swell the ‘‘ bag” of the gunner in August and 
September. A few remain all the winter, and several examples have 
been observed in spring, presumably strangers on their way north. The 
