Tringoides macularius. 
Maine (Lake Unibagog ) . 
1879. 
June 17. 
Set G-4. Slightly incubated. Nest on sniall rocky 
island nop.r Lake Housoj sunk in the ground arid prettily 
concealed under some drift vrood. Female sitting; she 
glided av/ay silently beneath the drift v/ood ai,d then took 
'.Ting. The male for sometime past has frequently soar¬ 
ed and hung over the spot. 
1880. 
May 22. 
t 
Shot one ori Cambridge Riyor midway te tv^e-sn the dam 
and meadov/'s. 
28. ' 
Nest with one egg on the islar.d -where f. took a sot 
last year. 
1 
« 31. 
j 
Set D-4. Fresh—on ground on snail island v/ithin 
1 six feet of the spot v/hore a set \ra.s taken last year; 
1 nest in deep hollov; evidently scratched by the bird ; 
female sitting; she permitted mo to approach v/ithin a 
^ few foot, then scuttled off spreading her v/ings, tumb- 
1 ling a,uout on the ground, euid even uttering a sort of 
■ harsh scream that C never heard before. 
June 9. : 
i 
i 
1 
1 
1 
Set R-4. Fresh—on ground under drooping branch of 
^ alder; female rose bot'cre '..'o landed and flow off in si- 
1 xence. Same island wliere sot D-4 vras taken, and doubt- 
1 leo.o the second laying by t'lo sa; e bird. 
Sept.7. 
A few still lingering about t:ne Lake shores; but 
they are far outnumbered by the Solitary Sandpiper,s 
" 15. 
In great abundance along the river to-day. 
1883. 
Oct. 18. 
Shot one. 
