Wilson’s 
Hylas 
scaiping but none of them drummed although the night was 
clear and very warm with a light south-west wind — just the 
right conditions. Twice, however, I heard a Snipe cackle. 
Once the bird was within 50 yards or less, either on the 
ground or skimming close over it. In each instance the 
sound consisted of a series of cacs , very like the call note 
of the Red-wing but more husky, repeated on the first 
occasion five and on the second, seven times. It reminded 
me also of the pig call of the Virginia Rail but the notes 
were delivered more slowly and were all on the same key. 
The scaipe cry of the Snipe may be very closely imitated by 
drawing a fine file quickly across the end of a small iron 
wire. 
A dozen or more Pickering 1 s Hylas were piping 
near Egg Rock. I have heard only one before — on the 1st. 
