Tringa minutilla 
Saw several large flocks (Ipswich^ Mass.), 
Of soverty five peeps shot on the hills of Long 
Island^Bostoij Mass, only tv^o vrere of this species, all 
the others being Ereunetes. (See notes on Ereune tes 
under this date and Aug ust 26,lb‘75), 
“ 21, Tvro shot among Ereunetes (Nantucket), 
1876. 
May 8, Numbers v^ith Ereunetes (Chatham, Mass.), 
* 15, Of tv/enty Peeps shot to-day the majority wore of 
this species (Chatham,T’ass. ), 
“ 16, Large numbers come in a little after sunset, to 
spend the night on a gravelly flat behind the sandhill 
(Chatham,Mass,), 
Rve Bea ch, New Hampshire . 
1870, 
July 11. 
1875, 
Sept. 2, 
1868. 
Aug, 19, Abundant but loss so than E. pusillus . 
1870. 
Aug,19-31, Common, associating with E. pusillus in small flocks. 
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1871. ii 
Aug, 7, A heavy flight of this species indiscriminately 
mingled v/ith Ereunetes and Aegialites semipalmata - About 
five hundpod of all three species combined passed, 
“ 14, Large flocks of this species and Ereunetes frequent¬ 
ly perch in long rows on the top-most rail of a fence 
that borders the marsh. 
20. An extraordinary flight of these and Ereunetes 
21. Another heavy flight, 
22. Thousands of “Poops" passed through the marsh, many 
flocks containing upwards of a hundred birds. Upon 
shooting into several large flocks I found the present 
species in the proportion of about one to every ten Ereu¬ 
netes pusillus . Tv/o weeks ago it v/as just the reverse. 
25. Thousands of “Peeps”, chiefly Ereun e tes but many of 
this species, have passed within the last three days. 
Throe July 21; “good numbers", July 22; some, July 
23; heavy flight, July 26; some, August 14, No detai¬ 
led notes. 
1872 
