86 RECONNAISSANCE FROM CARROLL, MONTANA, 
104, AAGIALITIS MONTANUS, (Towns.) Baird. 
MOUNTAIN PLOVER. 
I did not find this species at all abundant in that portion of Montana which we traversed. 
Two females, each followed by a newly-hatched young one, were taken near Haymaker’s Creek 
August 1, and were the only individuals observed during the trip. The mothers displayed much 
anxiety for their young, and endeavored to lead me away from them by the artifices usual with, 
this family of birds. The young were pretty but rather awkward little objects, and tottered along 
with uncertain steps, as if their legs were too long and they found difficulty in balancing them- 
selves upon them. 
RECURVIROSTRIDZ. 
105. RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA, Gm. 
AVOCEY. 
This species abounds on the small alkaline pools that are so common in Dakota, and is quite 
common in that portion of Montana through which we passed. It was quite numerous on the 
Yellowstone River above the falls, where the stream is wide, and the wet, grassy banks slope 
gradually down to the waters edge; and many were secn on the shores of the lake. I also saw a 
large flock on a small pool near Fort Ellis. They were rather shy, rising in a thick flock at long 
gunshot, and making the air ring with their shrill cries. A wounded bird unable to fy attempted 
to escape by diving, making use of the wings for progression under water. 
PHALAROPODID.2. 
106. LOBIPES LYPERBOREUS, (Linn) Cue. 
NORTHERN PIALAROPE. 
w\ ilock of thirty or forty of these graceful birds was seen on a stall pool uear ort Ibis. 
SCOLOPACIDE. 
107. GALLINAGO WILSONITT, (Zemm.) Bp. 
WILSON’S SNIPE. 
One individual seen near Fort Ellis. 
108. TRINGA MINUTILLA, Vieill. 
LEAST SANDPIPER. 
This species was only observed near Fort Ellis, where, however, it was abundant early in 
September. 
109. TRINGA BAIRDIT, Cowes. 
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER. 
This species was noticed at Fort Ellis, at Gardiner’s Springs, and in the Lower Geyser Basin. 
In the last-mentioned locality, it was seen in flocks of from fifty to sixty individuals. 
110. TOTANUS SEMIPALMATUS, (Gin.) Temm. 
WILLET. 
Abundant on alkaline pools in Dakota and on the Yellowstone Lake. 
