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SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 
TOTAjVUS GLJIREOLUS. 
[Plate LVIIL— Fig. 3.] 
J'Food Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. vol. 3, p. 172. — Tringa glareola, Gmel. Syst. 1, p. 677. — 
Tem. Man. d'*Orn. p. &SA', — Arct. Zool. vol. 2, p. 188, G. — Ind. Orn. p. 730, No. 13. — 
Peale’s Museum, No. 7763. 
THIS species inhabits the watery solitudes of our highest 
mountains during the summer, from Kentucky to New York ; but 
is no where numerous, seldom more than one or two being seen 
together. It takes short low flights ; runs nimbly about among the 
mossy margins of the mountain springs, brooks and pools, occa- 
sionally stopping, looking at you, and perpetually nodding the 
head. It is so unsuspicious, or so little acquainted with man, as 
to permit one to approach within a few yards of it, without appear- 
ing to take any notice, or to be the least alarmed. At the ap- 
proach of cold weather it descends to the muddy shores of our 
large rivers, where it is occasionally met with, singly, on its way 
to the south. I have made many long and close searches for the 
nest of this bird, without success. They regularly breed on Pocano 
mountain, between Easton and Wilkesbarre, in Pennsylvania; ar- 
riving there early in May, and departing in Septembei. It is 
usually silent, unless when suddenly flushed, when it utters a sharp 
whistle. 
This species has considerable resemblance, both in manners 
and markings, to the Green Sandpiper of Europe (I'rmga Ocliro- 
pus) ; but differs from that bird in being nearly one third less, and 
in wanting the white rump and tail-coverts ot that species ; it is 
also destitute of its silky olive green plumage. How lar north its 
migrations extend I am unable to say. 
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