2l8 SCOLOPACID/E : SNIPE, ETC. 



requires comparison with maculata ; the latter is much larger ; 

 it differs in the colors and proportions of the bill ; the pattern 

 (plain, unscoUoped) of coloration of the scapular edgings ; the 

 abrupt transition from the color of the crown to that of the hind 

 neck ; the heavy pectoral markings, etc. 



This species was originally described from the west. 

 It was not until 1870 that it was known to occur on the 

 Atlantic coast. Mr. H. W. Henshaw took a specimen 

 on Long Island in Boston Harbor, Aug. 27, 1870, 

 as recorded by Mr. Brewster in Am. Nat., vi, 1872, p. 

 306. Mr. Brewster also notes a specimen which he 

 secured at Upton, Oxford Co., Me., Sept. i, 1875 (Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 19). August 17, 1876, another 

 was taken, by Mr. Wm. A. Jeffries, at Swampscott, 

 Mass. (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 140). Mr. 

 N. C. Brown records the only known case for the Maine 

 coast, a young male, in company with another, shot by 

 his brother on Scarborough Beach, Sept. 9, 1875 (Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 28).* Dr. Brewer instances the 

 capture of a specimen by Mr. Wm. A. Jeffries, at 

 at Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 27, 1876 (Bull. Nutt. Club, 

 iii, 1878, p. 140). 



To these four cases (two for Maine, two for Massachu- 

 setts), Mr. Brewster has latterly added his experiences 

 with several Baird's Sandpipers at the mouth of Cam- 

 bridge River, Oxford Co., Me., where he secured 

 several specimens, which were in company with Semipal- 

 mated Sandpipers and Ring-neck Plovers. "Their 

 motions were slow and sedate, and their attitudes 

 crouching. They kept up a low conversational twitter 



* This specimen is erroneously recorded as " Ancylocheilus 

 subarquatus " by Dr. Brewer in Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, 1878, 

 P- 307- 



