49 
f 
Aegialitis soinipalinata. 
1870^ 
S0pt.24. 
Pour on Long Island, Boston Harbor, Hass. 
1874. 
Juljr 1. 
Saw t^ro and shot one, a mals vz-hich evidsntly would 
not have bred this year (Nantucket )'o 
1875. 
Aug. 17. 
Numbers on Long Island, Boston Harbor. 
“ 26. 
Large numbers feeding on grasshoppers on the close- 
cropped turf of the hilly sheep pastures on Long Island, 
Boston Harbor, Hass. (See Obs.Under Preunetes), 
Sept,21, 
Abundant (Nantucket). 
1876. 
May 7. 
Several small flocks (Chatham, Hass.), 
“ 15. 
Very numerous (Chatham, Mass,), 
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CD 
Large flocks at sunset flying in to roost on the 
dry gravelly flat behind the sandhills, (Chatham,Mass,), 
1868. 
Aug. 
Rye Beach, Mev/ Hamsshire. 
Prom August 14 to September 1 they were abundant 
associating vzith Least Sandpipers and Sandligg and fre¬ 
quenting the beach and marshes about equally. Their 
motions recall those of Turdus mi^ratorius They ad- 
Vance by short runs, paiasing a moment in an erect posi¬ 
tion before starting again, occasionally bending quickly 
forward to pick up something. 
1871. 
July 28, 
A moderate flight. 
Aug, 7. 
A heavy flight mingled with Peeps, 
“ 8. 
Passing in immense niambors. 
“ 28. 
There has been a remarkable flight for the past 
three days, many hundreds going overhead or through the 
marsh daily. 
1872.• 
July 20,1 
A steady flight all day, flock of eight or ten in¬ 
variably acconpanied by several times as many “Peeps", 
and occasionally by one or two AoKialites roloda. (Not 
afterwards mentioned in the somevzhat fragmentary notes on 
this season). 
