45 
1871, 
Charadrius virginicus. 
Sept, 3, 
Hundreds observed by BWQHenshaw, 
“ 7. 
A flock seen by R.Deane. 
“ 9. 
Tv/o (Ipsv/i ch) . 
1875, 
Sept, 21 
One seen. The young of this species is known here 
as the “Pale-belly” (Nantucket), 
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1875. 
Sept. 24. 
Saw a single bird. The gunners say that the flight 
passed early in September (Nantucket). 
“ 25. 
A flock of about fifty on the sandy shore of Hummock 
Pond, At the report of my gun they rose and were makirg 
Fisher began to v/histle to them. They imme¬ 
diately turned aiid came back, passing v^ithin long range, 
when we killed five; one fine adult, four young. All 
are exceedingly fat. They were afterwards joined by a 
larger flock when all disappeared over the sandhills. 
A third flock of about tv/enty sitting on a sand-spit 
flevy long before I could get/vathin range. These Plover 
fly very swiftly and in a compact body, at a distance 
somev/hat resembling Wild Pigeons. The first flock that 
I saw passed us in silence, I heard some of the others 
utter a single low mellow v/histle, different from that 
of ^.jloLiotjca,. We found their tracts everywhere on the 
sandy shore of the pond. (Nantucket). 
“ 27; 
One on the mud—flats at Smith’s Pond, wery shy (Nan¬ 
tucket). 
“ 28. 
At sunset saw several largo flocks flying dose 
over the v/ater at the Harbor a^ Nantucket. 
“ 29. 
One passing over Coatue Point at an immense height 
answered my call with a single short v/histle and imme¬ 
diately descended when I shot it (Nantucket), 
1868. 
Rye Beach, New Hampshire. 
Aug. 
September' Savy tvyo August 22. By September 1 they became 
buraerous, but not abundant. They often came into the 
Eel Pond marsh and I sav/ one shot there as it v/as running 
over the mud in company with Totanus flavipos. 
1871. 
Aug, 28, 
A single bird, the first soon this year, alightod 
on tho marsh and v/as shot. 
1872. 
Not mentioned in my notes of this season and, if I 
remember rightly, not soon at all. 
