Tringa naculata 
1871. 
Oct, 18. Numerous on the salt marshes (Marston’s Mills, Mass), 
1875. , 
Sept.29, One on Coatuo Point,Nantucket, 
Beach , Nevr Hampshire . 
1868. 
Aug. 15.,, Savr numbers on the Eel Pond. Their flight is rapid, 
call-notes harsh and low. They occurred rather numerous¬ 
ly during the last of August, usually singly or in pairs; 
but sometimes in flocks of Totanus flavjpes . They wore 
rather shy but VYhen approached v^ould sometimes squat 
like Snipe. I sav^ none on the beach. By September 
i they v/ere nu merous, 
1869. 
Aug.21-2i8. Pound sparingly. The heaviest flights are said to 
pass later. 
1870. 
Aug,13-3|pL, Sav/ them daily, singly, or two or three together; 
sometimes in ewnpany with Trin;ta minutilla and Ereunetos . 
None seen on the beach, 
1871, 
July 27,1 A moderate flight. 
5 28 A good flight during a north-easter. They came in 
singly, or in pairs, often in company v/^ith “Peeps”, and 
alighted freely on the mud-flats. They uttered a 
strange guttural note v/hen flying. 
Aug, l.i Shot four, one of vrhich was actually so fat that it 
could hardly fly. 
“ 7« Three or four individuals flying in nearly every one 
of the numerous flocks of “Peeps” and Aeg . semipalmata 
that passed through the marsh to-day. Those Sandpipers 
(T. maculata ) decoy readily. I have not seen them in 
flocks as yet. One that alighted among my decoys was 
so tame that I v/alkod to within ton feet of hii», it. 
25. Unusually numerous, flying for the most part singly 
or in pairs although one flock of eight or ten vms seen. 
Set 
28, Saw a flock of ten on the marsh to-day, 
1872. 
July 21.; 
Saw one. 
Aug, 8. 
A considerable flight, certainly m.ore than I have 
ever seen before in one day. Hot with light south v^ind. 
