Helodromas solitarius. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1880. Sept. 2. Abundant along the river bank. They are the tamest waders I know. There were five to-day, scattered along the little creek a yard or two apart, and I flushed and killed them all one by one; they would almost allow me to catch them and the report of a gun fired within ten yards failed to even startle them. Rhyacophilus solitarius. 1880. Maine (Lake Umbagog). (Sep. 4) Numerous along the muddy banks of the Cambridge near its mouth. " 9. Near the entrance to Leonard's Pond one of those Sandpipers, feeding on the river bank, suddenly began a loud outcry and started off across the river closely pursued by a Pigeon Hawk. The Hawk gained rapidly and was about to seize its victim when the latter dropped, as if shot, into the water. The Hawk shooting past alighted on a stump on a bank beyond. The Sandpiper did not attempt to dive but swam quickly ashore and landing, stood crouching under an overhanging part of the bank. " 16. Three on the banks of Cambridge River. 1882. Oct. 8-22. One shot October 9. 1880. Sept. 12. Still numerous. They are delicate table birds the flesh tasting most like that of the Snipe.