162 
Eremophila alpestris, 
1874^ ' 
Abundant in flocks of twenty to thirty near the mouth 
of Ipswich River, where they were feeding both on the 
mashes and sea beaches, but few alighting on the sand¬ 
hills * In general habits and motions they strikingly 
resemble the smaller sandpipers. Their notes are some¬ 
what like those of the Titlark but louder and more mellow; 
when by themselves they were ®'ery tame, but if feeding 
with the more wary Snow Buntings usually started with 
them. 
Peb, 
23. 
Nov, 
24. 
1875, 
Nov-, 
8. 
Nov, 
22. 
1876., 
Mar, 
30. 
Apr, 
12. 
Dec, 
5. 
1881, 
Nov. 
11. 
tt 
14. 
H.B,Bailey, found this species abundant to-day on 
Ward’s Island, Boston Harbor, 
Much less abundant than on the twe-a 20th and de¬ 
cidedly outnumbering the Snow Buntings, they fed chiefly 
along the edge of the mud—flats but occasionally on the 
closely cropped turf of the hill tops (Ipswich). 
Saw a single large flock at the Mouth of Ipswich 
River. 
During a day spent at the mouth of Ipsvrich River 
saw only two or three of this species. 
About a dozen at the mouth of Ipswich River, They 
are said to have b ‘en abundant there the first of this 
week. 
Several large migrating flocks passed over Point 
Lepreaux, N.B, 
A largo flock (Marston’s Mills,Mass.), 
Small flock (Philips Beach,Mass.), 
Several flocks at Philips Beach feeding in a field 
green v^ith sprouting winter wheat. 
A flock of six or eight in a ploughed field (Philpis 
Beach), 
1882. 
Nov, 3. 
