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ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus): Spotted Sandpiper 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus. Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Penn- 

 sylvania). 



In 1939 1 recorded one on the beach at Veracruz city on March 4, and 

 saw several along the Papaloapan and San Agustin Kivers between 

 Tlacotalpam and Boca San Miguel, March 6 and April 16. 



TRINGA SOLITARIA SOLITARIA Wilson: Eastern Solitary Sandpiper 



Tringa solitaria Wilson, American ornithology, vol. 7, 1813, p. 53, pi. 58, fig. 3 

 (Pocono Mountain, Pa.). 



Solitary sandpipers were found about small lagoons on March 23 

 and 29, and April 11 and 13. A female shot March 29, with the wing 

 130 mm., while identified as the typical form on the basis of size, 

 may come from an intermediate area since the inner web of the outer 

 primary is distinctly freckled with white. 



TRINGA SOLITARIA CINNAMOMEA (Brewster) : Western Solitary Sandpiper 



Totanus solitarius cinnamomcus Brewster, Auk, 1890, p. 377 (San Jose del 

 Cabo, Baja California). 



A female shot on March 29 with the wing 135.6 mm., while slightly 

 small, is identified as the western form. The grayish white spot- 

 ting on the upper surface is reduced in amount, and there is some 

 freckling of white on the inner web of the first primary. It is inter- 

 mediate but seems nearer cinnamomea. 



TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gmelin) : Greater Yellowlegs 



Scolopax mclanoleuca Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1. pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (Cha- 

 teaux Bay, Labrador). 



On April 11, 1939, I saw several at Laguna del Tular near Tres 

 Zapotes. 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelin) : Lesser Yellowlegs 



Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (New 

 York). 



Near Tres Zapotes in 1939 I recorded this species about small la- 

 goons and pools on March 23 and April 3, 8, 11, and 13. Carriker 

 found them common near Tlacotalpam in February 1940. 



PISOBIA MINUTILLA (Vieillot) : Least Sandpiper 



Tringa minntilla Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 34, 1819, p. 466 (Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia). 



Carriker shot one near Tlacotalpam on February 19, 1910, and re- 

 cords seeing others about ponds in that vicinity. 



