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distribution than was at first supposed ; indeed it is already known to be generally 
distributed throughout the interior of North America and to the western portions of 
South America, and it has quite recently been ascertained to be of occasional occur- 
rence on the Atlantic coast. Mr. H. W. Henshaw procured a single specimen, Aug. 
27, 1S70, on one of the islands in Boston Harbor ; and since then Mr. Maynard has 
obtained some of this species near Ipswich, Mass., and examples have been taken on 
the same coast by others. 
In his “Notes on the Birds of Colorado,” Mr. J. A. Allen mentions meeting with 
this species in that State, not far from Colorado City ; and Dr. Woodhouse speaks of 
seeing birds of this species at different times in various parts of the Indian Territory, 
as well as in New Mexico, calling them Tringa Schinzii. The specimens procured 
by Dr. Woodhouse near the Pueblo of Zuni are in the National Museum, and are now 
known to belong to this species, thus extending its range to the region west of the 
Rocky Mountains. 
It has also been ascertained that three examples, referred to by Mr. Cassin as 
Tringa Bonajoartei, really belonged to this species. These were from Omaha, Port 
Kearney, and the Yellowstone Region ; and it is now known that during the fall 
migration in the month of August this species is one of the most abundant Sandpi- 
pers in Dakota, Idaho, and Montana. It occurs in small flocks along the rivers and 
small lakes, and also in all other suitable places among the Rocky Mountains. It is 
not only found among the small saline pools of the prairies, generally near water- 
courses, but also at times at a distance from any permanent stream. It is described 
as a very quiet and gentle species, and one that may be approached and secured with 
ease. 
Mr. Henshaw, in his Report on the Birds of Utah and Colorado, states that during 
its spring and fall migrations, Baird’s Sandpiper occurs over most of the interior of 
North America. Throughout Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona he found it quite 
• evenly distributed, making its appearance from the north about the latter part of 
August, and becoming tolerably common in September. He never met with it in 
large flocks, not more than five or six being generally found together, the number 
being often swelled by the addition of a few of other species of Waders. These birds 
are so unsuspicious that he has often walked up to within a dozen feet of a little flock, 
as they scattered about with hasty steps in search of food. They are not so partial to 
the vicinity of water as most of the other members of the Wading family, although in 
general sharing their habits. He not unfrequently met with them about the stock 
corrals, and even in yards close to the houses. 
In the summer of 1872, late in August, Mr. Trippe saw large flocks of this species 
near the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado, at an elevation of nearly fourteen 
thousand feet above the sea; they were feeding on grasshoppers. 
Mr. Ridgway has also met with this species in Nevada, where he found it rather 
common during the period of its migrations, associating with various other Sandpi- 
pers, particularly with Actodromas minutiUa and Ereunetes pusillus. It has also been 
noticed on the Pacific coast, as Mr. Dali states that one specimen was obtained 
by Bischoff at Sitka, and several at Kadiak ; and it is not rare on the Yukon. A 
single specimen was procured on Amak Island, north of the peninsula of Alaska, by 
Captain Everett Smith. 
Mr. J. Edmund Harting, in the “Ibis ” (1870, p. 151), states that a single specimen 
of this species was taken at Walvisch Bay, Africa, Oct. 24, 1863. The finding of this 
species in Southwestern Africa appears to be not a little remarkable, as it has thus 
far not been recognized as occurring in Europe. The specimen from Walvisch Bay 
