THE BIRD BOOK 
256. Solitary Sandpiper. 
Helodromas solitarius solitarius. 
Range. — Eastern North America, breeding 
chiefly north of the United States boundary, 
but apt to be found nesting in any part of its 
range; winters south of the United States. 
A bird with a greenish gray back, barred 
with white, and white below; length 8.5 inches. 
Clay-colored. 
Solitary Sandpiper. 
This species is one of the oddities among the 
waders. They are most always met with, sing- 
ly or in pairs, and are very rarely seen, even 
in very small flocks. Their preference is for small ponds or streams in wet 
woods or open meadows, rather than marshes which are frequented by other 
species. They are occasionally seen during the nesting season, even in the 
southern parts of their range, and they probably breed there although their 
eggs are very rarely found. The eggs are clay-colored, spotted with brownish 
black. Data. — Simco Island, Kingston, Ontario, June 10, 1898. 5 eggs in a 
shallow depression on the ground, lined with a few grasses. 
