Auk, XIII, Jan. , 1890, P . £ & • 
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Symphemia semipalmata. — Nantucket. On May 2, 1895, Mr. Charles 
E. Snow informed me he saw five Willets at the Hummock Pond. 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass, 
F."W. Andros. 
Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.), Willet. 
Migrant, not common on the coast. 
O &0, XII, Sept. 188? p. 188 
Limicolae in Bristol County. 
H. F. Dexter, Dartmouth, Maas. 
Commonly j 
gh a - few are seen in 
on the marshes near 
res of our principal 
Shore Birds of Cape Cod. 
JohnO.Cahoon. 
Willet. Symphemia semipalmata , (Gmel.) 
Humility on Cape Cod. A tolerably common 
spring, and a common summer and autumn 
migrant. It arrives in the spring between the 
middle and last of May, and is seen singly or in 
pairs as late as June 15 th. In the return migra- 
tion the first ones reach the Cape as early as 
July 8th and are common at intervals from the 
Uth until the last of September. It is the most 
common during the month of August. It is 
larger, stouter and its legs are shorter than T. 
melanoleucus and it is more wary and clamo- 
rous. Their food and haunts are similar to their 
above long-legged relative. They are restless and 
suspicious and at the first intimation of danger 
will take flight, their notes of alarm usually 
starting into the air all of the other shore birds 
within hearing distance. The young birds in 
the autumn, however, are often easily ap- 
proached within shooting distance. This 
species was once very abundant on the Cape in 
the spring and autumn. 
0,& 0. XIII. Sept. 1888 p .131 
