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Wyoming Experiment Station. 



four skins in the University collection that were taken in Car- 

 bon and Albany counties. 



BA/ftD'S SANDPIPER 



LEAST SAHDP/PL-^ 



242. Tringa minutilla (Yieill.). 

 Least Sandpiper. 

 Migratory; quite common. This species reaches the Lar- 

 amie Plains about the first of May, and remains three or four 

 weeks. It is known that these birds breed north of the United 

 States and it appears highly probable that they also breed 

 upon some of the plateaus in the mountains. The fact that the 

 Wyoming records date as late as May 27 and as early as Aug. 

 20 in the fall does not give ample time for these birds to reach 

 the British possessions, rear their young and return. Com- 

 mon at Douglas, Jesurun. Common at Cheyenne, Bond. Took 

 a single specimen May 2, Williston. Taken at Fort Bridger, 

 1858, Drexel. Taken on North Fork of the Platte, Coop- 

 er, 1857. 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). 

 Semi-palmated Sandpiper. 

 Migratory ; rather rare. One specimen taken at Horse 

 creek, 1859, McCarthy. Taken at Fort Bridger, 1858, Drexel. 

 There is a single skin in the University collection that was 

 taken at Alkali lake, Oct. 31, 1897. All of the Wyoming rec- 

 ords are from the southern part of the state. 



