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Totanus flavipes. 
1875, 
Sept.29, Three on Coatue Point,Nantucket, 
1876. 
May 7. Three (Chathaw, Mass.). 
“ 15, A large flock (Khatharn, Mass,). 
Rye Beaeji, Now Hampshire . 
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1868, * 
Aug, The first shot August 15. Afterv/ards common until 
September 1, v^hen T. melanoleuea took their place. Very 
tame, decoying well. When coming over the stools they 
usually sail , with their long, pointed v/ings bent down¬ 
ward. When wounded slightly they v;ould pretend to be 
unhurt tilting their bodies and v/histling lo'.idljr. If 
they fell v/ounde d into the vrater they would at once 
paddle to the shore and often hide so closely that it 
was difficult to find them. 
1869, I 
Aug,19-3|.. Seen daily during this time but diminishing fapidly 
in numbers tov^ard the close of August, They fliw in 
the greatest numbers v/hen the v/ind blew strong from the 
south. On still, clear days only stragglers were seen, 
1871, 
Julj/’ 26, A decided flight, at least forty birds passing. 
Most of them shot were adults, but one was a Juv, and 
very tamo. 
Aug, 1, Nearly all nov^ passing are young birds, but I have 
not seen a single young Macrorhampheus yet, 
“5, A heavy flight all day; a flock of at least thirty 
seen. Weather clear; wind south shifting to south-east 
in the afternoon. 
10, By far the heaviest flight thus far, beginning at 
6.A.M, and ceasing entirely about noon. At least five 
hundred of this species passedz. As many as thirty 
or forty being sometimes seen in one flock. These largo 
flocks paid little attention to the decoys, other than 
by flying over them down wind in loose bodies, or in a 
broad extended front, as they hurried through the marsh. 
On this account but few, comparatively, were killed. 
This has probably been the flight of the season although 
the day v;ould seem to have been in every v/ay unfavorable 
{ a flight of Waders before a wind is certainly excep¬ 
tional ). 
24, Heavy rain from the south-west during the night and 
ceasing at 5 A.M. About twenty Yellow-legs accor^ipanied 
by a Mieralama Micropalama and at least fifty "peeps" 
