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about April, and springs from the ground much 
the same as Wilson’s Snipe. Often deceives the 
hunter. 
Tringa MW ilsonti—Nuttall, 
Least Sand-piper. 
Very abundant on the shores of New Jersey, 
feeding on the meadows in the salt ponds, also 
in Iowa along the sloughs. I think it breeds 
West, for I have seen it there in July on the 
prairies. 
Tringa Bonapartt:.—Schle gel. 
Bonaparte’s Sand-piper. 
This bird is rather rare to me. Have never 
met but three specimens. 
Cahidris Arenaria—lli ger. 
Sanderling. 
Very common along the Jersey coast. Never 
found it breeding. 
Lreunctes, Petrifpicatus.— Ll. 
Semipalmated Sand-piper. 
Very abundant along the shores of the Atlan- 
tic in Cape May county, New Jersey. 
Gambetta Melanoleuca—Bonap. 
Tell-tale; Stone Snipe. 
This bird is sometimes very abundant along 
the Delaware River in the month of May, but 
never but a few days. It makes its appearance 
