97 
1871. 
Oct, 18* 
1876 . 
May 6. 
Tringa alpina americana. 
Several on the salt marshes, arrd—th:G''T*tr5T-T-~eTrer 
~&a«rKl'T:’¥er; Note a mellov/ tv^ee t, very like that of the 
Peep (Marston*s Mills, Mass.), 
Fourteen sitting on a small grasy Island in the Bay 
at Chatham, Mass. Killed them all in a few shots. 
They wore in adult plumage; I recognized them before we 
got within range by their conspicuously long bills. 
They stood very erect, but when feeding skulked along in 
a crouching posture like most small waders. They uttered 
a distinct rolling vrhistle unlike that of any wader of 
my acquaintance, A wing broken one when seized uttered 
this cry continuously, and so loudly that it sounded al¬ 
most like a shriek. None wore very fat. 
