Tot anus solnLtarius . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1896. Solitary Sandpipers were unusually numerous to-day along 
Sept.15. the Megalloway. I must have seen more than twenty in all, 
most of them on the muddy shores of the river itself, but one 
or two about each of the small ponds that I visited in search 
of Ducks. They are by no means invariably "solitary” for one 
often finds two and occasionally three or four feeding or 
flying in company. They do not, however, appear to associate, 
unless by mere chance, with any of the other species of waders 
American Wood Sandpipers they should have been called for they 
love these forest pools and rivers and, when startled, fre¬ 
quently fly directly back into the densest woods making their 
way through the branches with quite as much ease as does the 
Woodcock. 
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