General Observations on the Migration of Waders. 
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Rye Beach, New Hampshire. 
1872« 
Very hot with light south wind. A heavy flight of 
largo birds began at daylight, stopped at about 9 A.H., 
began again at 2 P,M, and lasted until dark. Throe of 
us bagged sixty. This flight was one of the most regu¬ 
lar that I ever saw it consisted almost entirely of T 
I l. ayi . pes . and frin^a maculata the latter flying more 
erously than I have ever seen them before. No flock of 
either species contained over twenty birds. Only throe 
Macro rhamphus griseus , were seen, 
Stlear, with absolutely no wind, and the hottest day 
of the season. Thermometer 90° (Boston lOO^). A heavy 
flight began at daylight and continued steadily all day 
slacking appreciably, however, in the afternoon. Carter 
and and I killed sixty-seven largo birds. As on yes¬ 
terday the flight consisted almost v/holly of T. flavipes . 
d iriiiga, ma^jilaita^, a few M. griseus , all young birds- 
were also shot, and several T. Melanoleuc a and Numeniua 
hudsonicus seen. 
Clear vrith strong south-east wind; no flight. 
Foggy Vifith light south oast wind. The heaviest 
bipds yet neted flight of largo birds yet noted passed to¬ 
day. It consisted chiefly of T. flavioes with a fair 
sprinkling of M.grisous and a few T. melanolenea . 
Cloudy with some fog; wind north-east. A few scat¬ 
tering birds, only, in the morning. In the afternoon a 
heavy flight of Macrorhamphus and a single N. longi ro atris. 
Cloudy and misty; v/ind oast. Only a few scatter ire 
birds. ^ 
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Cloudy and "oggy; -wind oast. In the afternoon a 
heavy flight of “Peeps", 
Morning cloudy and misty, clearing at noon; after¬ 
noon with strong south-east wind; a thunder shov/er at 
7 P.M. No birds worth mentioning in the morning but 
when the v/ind changed to the oast (above 2 P.M. ) a steady 
flight, chiefly T..flavipes, began and lasted till the 
shov/'er broke. 
Cloudy and foggy; thunder in P.M. preceding it a 
few flocks of T. flavipes passed. 
Heavy rain all the morning; afternoon clear and 
warm. No flight. 
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19. 
Clear and warm. Did not see a single Wader all day. 
Clear ar.d v^-arm; v^ind south-west. A heavy flight of 
Mliturris. MrJxanius. in the morning but nothing else all 
day. 
