316 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



228. American woodcock. Philomela minor. Rare 

 summer resident ; Colorado the extreme western limit of 

 its range, going only to foothills. 



230. Wilson's snipe. Gallinago delicata. Rare sum- 

 mer resident ; common migrant ; winter resident, rare ; 

 found as high as 10,000 feet. 



232. Long-billed dowitcher. Macrorhamphus scolo- 

 PACEUS. Somewhat common migrant ; all records restricted 

 to plains ; breeds far northward. 



233. Stilt sandpiper. Michopalama himantopus. Rare 

 migrant ; breeds north of United States. 



239. Pectoral sandpiper. Trin.ga maculata. Com- 

 mon migrant ; occurs from the plains to the great height 

 of 13,000 feet. 



2-iO. White-rumped sandpiper. Tringa fuscicollis. 

 Not uncommon migrant ; a bii'd of the plains, its western 

 limit being the base of the Rockies ; breeds in the far 

 North. 



241. Bairds sandpiper. Tringa bairdii. Abundant 

 migrant ; breeds far north ; returns in August and ranges 

 over mountains sometimes at height of 13,000 to 14,000 

 feet, feeding on grasshoppers. 



242. Least sandpiper. Tringa minutilla. Common 

 migrant ; found from plains to 7,000 feet. 



243a. Red-backed sandpiper. Tringa alpina pacifica. 

 Rare migrant ; only three records ; range, throughout 

 North America. 



246. Semipalmated sandpiper. Ereunetes pusillus. 

 Common migi*ant ; from the plains to 8,000 feet. 



247. "Western sandpiper. Ereunetes occidentalis. 

 Rare migrant ; breeds in the remote North ; western 



