Macrorhamphus griseus *? 
Martha* s VineyardjMass*- 
Aug ,' I890 . : Upwards of 160 were seen along the beach at 
the head of the harbor. The flight was swift, direct, the bill 
held slightly inclined downward, the neck drawn in, and the white 
on the hinder part of the back conspicous showing as a broard 
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snowy -white stripe. : The note was pheu-pheu o r pheu-pheu-phe , in 
mallow falsetto tones. They feed aaar wet sand, often wading in ^ 
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shallow water and walking slowly with the head dow^at 
each step thrusting the bill about an inch into the sand or 
mud, with the mand ibles slightly open .- Occasionally one would 
stop and plunge the bill down to the base several times in quick 
succession** 
I saw them extract and swallow long red worms (Memertian 
family) resembling angle worms. 
Owing to the shortness of their legs they look smaller sitting 
than the Yellow legs* : They feed and fly in close bunches*- 
At night-fall all the Snipe along the shore began flying up 
and down the beach restlessly but they did not assemble to roost 
in any one place. A small flock passed the night on the shore 
near my camp; I went to the place and started them at 10 A#M*- 
These birds resemble Wilson* s Snipe not a little in their move- 
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ments and manner of feeding but their flight is very different 
and wholly without the corkscrew curves of Gallinagos. : Most 
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of those seen seem to be adults in worn summer plumage*- 
