Totanus solitarius. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1896. Solitary Sandpipers were unusually numerous to-day along Sept.15. the Megalloway. I must have seen more than twenty in all, most of them on the muddy shores of the river itself, but one or two about each of the small ponds that I visited in search of Ducks. They are by no means invariably "solitary" for one often finds two and occasionally three or four feeding or flying in company. They do not, however, appear to associate, unless by mere chance, with any of the other species of waders. American Wood Sandpipers they should have been called for they love these forest pools and rivers and, when startled, fre- quently fly directly back into the densest woods making their way through the branches with quite as much ease as does the Woodcock.