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  with 
  dusky; 
  legs 
  dull 
  greenish; 
  bill 
  blackish, 
  lighter 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Winter: 
  

   Similar 
  but 
  grayer 
  above 
  and 
  less 
  distinctly 
  streaked 
  with 
  dusky 
  on 
  the 
  

   foreneck. 
  Yoimg: 
  Similar 
  but 
  with 
  thicker 
  speckles 
  of 
  dull 
  buff 
  above 
  

   and 
  the 
  head 
  more 
  uniform 
  grayish. 
  

  

  Length 
  7.5-9 
  inches; 
  extent 
  15. 
  5-17; 
  wing 
  4.75-5.4; 
  tail 
  2.25; 
  tarsus 
  

   1. 
  2-1. 
  3; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  1.12-1.22; 
  bill 
  1.12-1.25. 
  

  

  Range 
  and 
  migration. 
  The 
  Solitary 
  sandpiper 
  is 
  a 
  nearctic 
  species 
  

   representing 
  the 
  Green 
  sandpiper 
  (Helodromas 
  ochropus) 
  of 
  

   the 
  palearctic 
  region. 
  It 
  breeds 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  States 
  well 
  into 
  

   or 
  through 
  boreal 
  America, 
  and 
  winters 
  on 
  the 
  gulf 
  coast 
  and 
  in 
  tropical 
  

   America. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  common 
  migrant 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  

   being 
  more 
  generally 
  distributed 
  than 
  any 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  order, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  the 
  Spotted 
  sandpiper 
  and 
  Woodcock. 
  On 
  Long 
  Island 
  it 
  

   appears 
  between 
  the 
  5th 
  and 
  15th 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  passes 
  northward 
  from 
  the 
  

   15th 
  to 
  the 
  28th 
  of 
  that 
  month, 
  returns 
  from 
  the 
  7th 
  to 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  July 
  

   and 
  departs 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  September 
  to 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  October. 
  

   In 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  it 
  arrives 
  from 
  April 
  25th 
  to 
  May 
  8th, 
  passes 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  from 
  the 
  i8th 
  to 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  Ma}% 
  returns 
  from 
  the 
  12th 
  to 
  the 
  3otli 
  

   of 
  July, 
  and 
  departs 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  from 
  September 
  20th 
  to 
  October 
  12th. 
  

   In 
  northern 
  New 
  York 
  this 
  Sandpiper 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  summer 
  resident 
  

   and 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  its 
  nest 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  eventually 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   country. 
  As 
  yet, 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  entered 
  as 
  a 
  summer 
  resident 
  for 
  northern 
  

   New 
  York 
  on 
  rather 
  slender 
  evidence. 
  In 
  Dr 
  Merriam's 
  Adirondack 
  Notes, 
  

   I 
  have 
  found 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  between 
  May 
  30th 
  and 
  August 
  loth. 
  

   Mr 
  Pennock 
  who 
  has 
  made 
  several 
  trips 
  to 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  has 
  no 
  record 
  

   between 
  May 
  25th 
  and 
  August 
  6th. 
  My 
  own 
  party, 
  which 
  spent 
  the 
  early 
  

   summer 
  of 
  1905 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  Adirondacks, 
  failed 
  to 
  establish 
  its 
  presence 
  

   beyond 
  a 
  doubt, 
  although 
  Mr 
  Achilles 
  was 
  confident 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  one 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  near 
  Clear 
  Pond 
  on 
  July 
  6th. 
  No 
  member 
  of 
  this 
  order 
  is 
  more 
  

   mysterious 
  in 
  its 
  breeding 
  habits, 
  and 
  many 
  doubt 
  all 
  the 
  records 
  w^hich 
  

   have 
  been 
  accredited 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Haunts 
  and 
  habits. 
  The 
  Solitary 
  sandpiper 
  is 
  even 
  less 
  gregarious 
  than 
  

   the 
  Spotted 
  sandpiper 
  although 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  individuals 
  are 
  sometimes 
  seen 
  

   scattered 
  about 
  a 
  swampy 
  pool, 
  or 
  springy 
  bog 
  in 
  the 
  woods. 
  Many 
  a 
  

  

  