Long Island Uringites suffecans Peculiar habits of 182 MASS. (Middlesex Co) 1875 Aug. 26 So exceedingly shy that I was unable to get a mortal shot. I stood in a very erect posture and never moved until it began to approach when it would rise and flying a hundred yards or so light again, its flight was very swift and eccentric: once or twice it performed the most astonishing volutions in the air rising to the height of about 100 feet and then darting zig zag towards the earth with almost incalculable rapidity. When flying past the fawn color of the under parts was very apparent. It uttered continually while on wing a high short truss not very like that of G. maculata. Abbeorton. According to the hill my surprise was great at finding large flocks of peeps (E. Passillus alone recognized) feeding in the pasture land and on on its summit, and among large herds of sheep, cows etc. Setting out some plain deerp I soon got as many shots as I wished at high peeps which were continually flying about and which came down readily to the stool, and firing from 25 shots I found about 18 birds making one double and missing several others. Loater in the afternoon as the tide reached its highest flood the birds came into our pasture in immense numbers lighting everywhere; even that preeminently littoral species Aegialitis semifasciata showing as great a liking for grasshopper diet as the peeps; at least I suppose grasshoppers are the attraction for I could find nothing else save a few little white moths, and the stomach of the Uringites was certainly