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as guides, apparently, and certainly as guards. Being at this 
time of the year very shy, they give notice of the approach 
of danger, and leading the flock, “Tell-tales,” * Yellow-legs,” 
“Solitaries” and “Teeter,” fly in large circles, at a great 
height, and then resume their feeding near where they were 
previously to being flushed. During the breeding season, 
if frequently disturbed while feeding, they fly to their nests. 
Both the “Tell-tale” and SYehor-loge? have been found 
breeding in Mercer county, New Jersey; They seek some 
quiet nook along a small stream, and in the high grasses 
build quite a substantial nest, raising one brood that leaves : 
the nest before being able to fly. At this time they are a 
dull mouse color, and when approached, squat so closely to 
the ground and remain so motionless, that it is nearly im- 
possible to detect them. 
22. Solitary Sandpiper (Rhyacophilus solitarius). Al- 
though the numbers remaining in New Jersey during the 
summer vary very much, we have never failed to find them 
during June and July, and August brings them again plenti- 
fully from the North. They breed as regularly in the state 
as the Spizella socialis, if not as abundantly. While the 
number of isolated specimens we meet with is large enough 
to warrant the descriptive name solitarius, yet many are 
seen associated with the other Sandpipers, especially in May 
and early autumn. 
23. Mallard (Anas boschas). 24. Green-winged Teal 
(Nettion Carolinensis). 25. Blue-winged Teal ( Querque- 
dula discors). 26. Bufile-headed Duck (Bucephala albeola). 
There is generally in April or May a freshet in the Dela- 
ware River, and one that usually overflows the tract of 
meadow mentioned when speaking of the Snipe (Gallinago 
Wilsonii). During the prevalence of this high water the 
ducks usually make their appearance in lar, ge gambeta feed- 
ing over the meadows in loose flocks, ibd; species being the 
Mallard (Anas boschas), Black-duck (Anas obscura), Sprig- 
tail = acuta), the two Teal (Nettion Carolinensis and 
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