24 PROCEEDINGS MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



30. Lobipes lobatus. Northern Phaearope. 



Mr. Spaulding has in his collection a bird which he shot 

 on the rainy morning of October 8, i888, in I^ancaster. 



31. Philohela minor. Woodcock. 



A. regular summer resident, breeding in the Stag Hollow 

 region, in the valley at the foot of the Highland, and elsewhere. 

 In late April and during May the song-fiights of the male birds 

 have been noted by local observers. On June 4, 1909, I heard 

 one calling in the dusk of the evening near Stag Hollow, but 

 did not perceive that it took any song-flight, the season for this 

 probably being over. The farmer living near told me the bird 

 had been making ascents evening by evening for some time 

 previous. 



Mr. Spaulding states, " In the spring of 1909 I picked up a 

 dead bird in the road in Randolph about a half-mile over the 

 Jefferson line, killed by striking a telephone wire." He further 

 states for lyancaster that the Woodcock is a regular summer 

 resident and that he sees birds every year. Mr. Spaulding has 

 two records of eggs, namely, June i, 1891, and May 4, 1907. 

 He says he has seen the young many times. 



32. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. 



An uncommon fall and spring migrant. One was seen on 

 September 20, 1906, at close range, on the grassy shore of Davis 

 Pond near the dam. The bird, when startled, took a short 

 flight to the west side and dropped upon the mud, where it was 

 under full color-protection. When I took a few steps to obtain 

 a nearer view, it rose on wing and flew swiftly off in a tortuous 

 manner, turning up one side and then the other. Mr. Spauld- 

 ing states that he has seen a bird of this species a number of 

 times and that he has a specimen that he shot on March 5, 1887. 



33. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



A not uncommon fall migrant. A flock of five birds was 

 seen on a partly submerged ploughed field bordering the North 



