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Pelidna alpina sachalina. Tringa alpine.
On Lake Umbagog.
I shot one of these sandpipers at the
mouth of Peaslee's Brook. It was feeding
on the muddy bank of the river in
company with a Solitary Sandpiper. It.
was exceedingly tame & I watched it
for several minutes before shooting it.
It walked rather slowly and steadily &
probed like a Snipe thrusting its bill
into the mud nearly to its base. It
uttered a peculiarly mellow tweet -
twe'll et just as it took wing. I saw
L. Umbagog, Maine.
T. alpina Oct. 21ᵗʰ
1889
75 Tringa alpine Oct. 8 shot Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890.
Tringa alpina americana.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1876.
Oct. 6. One shot by N.C.Brown on Lake Umbagog.
1883.
Oct. 20. Shot a female at the mouth of Peaslee's Brook where
it was feeding in company with a Solitary Sandpiper. It
was very tame, not fat. Four others seen flying over
the marshes.