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other part of California. It is believed to breed only within the Arctic regions, 

 but it mi.Ljrates southward in winter as far as Chili, and even to northern 

 Patagonia. ■^ 



Tringa bairdii (Coces). 



Baird's Sandpiper. 



Still another Sandpiper new not only to the Cape Region, but to the Penin- 

 sula at large, is the present species, of which Mr. Frazar took four specimens 

 at San Jose del Cabo between September 3 and 13. According to Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, it had not been " recorded from the Pacific coast of the 

 United States " '-^ when the Water Birds appeared. 



Baird's Sandpiper *' was found breeding on the Barren Grounds, June 24, by 

 Mr. MacFarlane," ^ and is believed to winter in South America, where it goes 

 as far south as Peru and Chili. Its migrations, in North America at least, 

 are performed chiefly through the interior. Although it is supposed to be 

 normally confined to the New World, a specimen has been taken at Walfish 

 Bay in South Africa. 



Tringa minutilla Vieill. 

 Least Sandpiper. 



Actodromas minutilla Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 534, footnote (Todos 



Santos). 

 Tringa minutilla Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 211 ser., II. 1889, 272 (Todos 



Santos). 



Mr. Ridgway's mention of a specimen without date taken by Xantus at 

 Todos Santos (on the west coast) appears to be the only previous record of the 

 occurrence of this species in the Cape Region. Nevertheless it visits the Gulf 

 coast of the Peninsula in considerable numbers, both in spring and autumn, for 

 Mr. Frazar took two specimens on March 6, at Carmen Island, and no less than 

 eleven the fullowing autumn at San Jose del Cabo. At the latter place they 

 were first seen on August 23, and by the 28th had become numerous. Through 

 September they were met with almost daily, but none were observed after 

 October 3. Mr. Bryant says that " Mr. Anthony noticed them at San Quintin 

 Bay. At Magdalena Bay they were seen in small flocks and specimens taken ; 

 also at lower Purisima canon." 



The Least Sandpiper breeds chiefly if not exclusively north of the United 

 States. It is of common occurrence on the coast of California in winter, when 

 it also visits central and northern South America, as well as the Galapagos 

 Islands. 



1 Ibis, 1877, 4.3. 



2 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds N. Amer., I. 1884, 230. 



3 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Loc. cit., 232. 



