excepting in the latter part of autumn and in winter. Those procured in Labrador were shot in the beginning 
of August, and were all young birds, apparently about to take their departure. My drawing of the two 
individuals represented in the Plate was made at St. Augustine, in East Florida, where I procured them on 
the 2nd December, 1831. I have always found these birds gentle and less shy than any other species of the 
genus. They fly at a considerable height with rapidity, deviating alternately to either side, and plunge toward 
the ground in a manner somewhat resembling that of the Solitary Sandpiper. When accidentally surprised, 
they start with a repeated ‘ weet,’ less sonorous than that of the bird just mentioned. They search for food 
along the margins of pools, creeks, and rivers, or by the edges of sand bars, and mix with other species.” 
The Plate represents two birds in the intermediate plumage between summer and winter, of the size of 
life. 
