Aegialitis meloda 
1870. 
.'Uly 1. 
Although tho birds v/’ore abundant, v/e found but ono 
Dost; this ¥/as merely a slight depression in the bare 
sand near the shore, and contained four eggs well advan¬ 
ced (Muskegat), 
0 a 
Copunon, breeding,at Muskegat Island, Wass, 
“ 11. 
Common, breeding on the sandhills (Ipswich^Mass.), 
1874. 
June 18. 
Shot a pair on a sand beach {Marston’s Mills, ^'ass.l 
July 7. 
Pound a young bird on Muskegat not more than three 
days old. The fishermen call this species the “Peblo* 
evidently from its note. ’ 
Sept.22. 
Six or eight at Smith’s Point. Shot two, both 
young birds in fall plumage (Nantucket). 
“ 25. 
A few at Smith’s Point (Nantucket), 
1866. 
May 6. 
About fifty (Chatham, Mass. 
1866, 
Aug. 16. 
Rye doaeh, New Hamoshire. 
Shot an adult bird .v/’hich v/’as accompanied by several 
young only a few days old. 
1868. 
Aug. 19. 
Tvro on tho beach in company with Aeg.semioalmatus 
and Tr.inga minutilla. Their habits aro si mil fit* t.n 
those of tho former species from vjhich, alive, they can 
bo only distinguished by their light color. 
1872. 
July 26, 
During a heavy flight of Waders to-day several of 
this species was noted in nearly every passing flock of 
Aeg.semipalmatji that came through the mar«b. 
