WESTERN SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 
256a. Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus. 9 inches. 
A bird with a greenish gray back, barred with buff, and 
white below. These are almost always met with in pairs or 
singly, and are very rarely seen even in small flocks. They 
prefer small ponds or streams in wet woods or open meadows 
rather than marshes, which are frequented by other species. 
As their name signifies they are inclined to be alone. 
Nest. Ts usually well concealed in a clump of grass, near 
some small piece of water, and is only a slight hollow with 
very little lining of grasses. Three to five eggs are clay col¬ 
ored, spotted with dark shades of brown (1.30x 1.00). 
WESTERN WILLET. 
258a. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inoratus. 16 inches. 
These breed in small colonies in the marshes in central Ore¬ 
gon and northern California, and are quite abundant in many 
localities. Upper parts a brownish gray, specked with black- 
under parts lighter gray, with lighter streaks of darker oray. 
Primaries white at the base and black on the outer end. ° 
Nest. —Is placed upon the ground secreted in clumps of grass 
just barely out of reach of the water. Three or four eggs- 
buff blotched with umber (2.00 x 1.50). 
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