42 THE NATUEALIST IN BEEMTTDA. 



state, on the north shore of Ireland Island, while half a 

 gale of wind was blowing from the north-west. On the 

 28th of July, 1848, I saw a flock of them, and killed one. 

 They were very numerous at Chief Justice Butterfield's 

 pond, on the 4th of August, 1848. 



SoLiTAEY Sandpiper {T. solitarius). This bird (so very- 

 like our British T. glareola (wood sandpiper), both in appear- 

 ance and habits, frequentiag swamps, fiUed with stunted 

 trees and bushes), is found every year, from the 20th of 

 August, to the 20th of September, a few stragglers remain- 

 ing till November. I saw one specimen, the 25th of July, 

 1848, at Burgess' Poiut ; and on the 7th of April, 1850, 

 there were several solitary sandpipers, in Pembroke Marsh. 

 There were generally very shy.* 



Spotted Sandpiper {T. mamlarius). I first found this 

 bird, iu immature plumage, on" the 20th of July, 1847, at 

 Mangrove Bay, Somerset. They are common on all the 

 shores of the islands. A few remaiu during the winter, 

 and they were not uncommon in April, 1849. The first I 

 got in adult plumage, was on the 16th of August, 1847; 

 another, on the 17th of January, 1848. They do not breed 

 in the Bermudas. 



Black-necked Stilt {Himantopv,s nigricoUis). A male 

 specimen was shot by Mr. A. Hinson, on the 3rd of June, 

 1853 ; it was wadiag .in the pond, near Warwick Church, 

 where it had been noticed for some days. Mr. Hurdis very 

 kindly' sent me this specimen, the only one hitherto ob- 

 taiued, and it is now in my collection. 



American Woodcock {Rusticola Americana). A single 



* Mr. Hurdis states that two other specimens of this sandpiper were shot, 

 on the 10th and 16th of April, 1850. 



