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the other two that were collected in this breeding area were males. 

 The eggs vary in ground color from deep olive-buff to olive-buft" and 

 are spotted boldly with more or less irregular spots of fuscous-black, 

 bone brown, and various shades of grayish olive. They measure, in 

 milluneters, 51.8 by 37.8, 53.5 by 38.8, 54 by 38.4, and 54.2 by 39. 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmeiin) 



Lesser Yellowlegs 



Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (New York). 



The lesser yellowlegs was noted on March 26, when about a dozen 

 were seen feeding on a mud flat near the flying field east of Cap- 

 Haitien, Haiti. One was seen near Aquin on April 5. 



PISOBIA MINUTILLA (VieiUot) 



Least Sandpiper 



Tringa minutilla Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 34, 1819, p. 466 (Nova 

 Scotia to Antilles). 



A single least sandpiper was seen on May 1 1 along the shore of the 

 salt lagoon back of Ocrik Bay, Beata Island, Dominican RepubUc. 



PISOBIA MELANOTOS (VieiUot) 



Pectoral Sandpiper 



Tringa melanotos Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 34, 1819, p. 462 (Para- 

 guay). 



The pectoral sandpiper was detected once when a single bird was 

 observed on May 10 at Beata Island, Dominican Republic. It was 

 feeding on the mud flat of a salt pan and successfully eluded our 

 efforts to capture it. 



PISOBIA FUSCICOLUS (VieUIot) 



White-rumped Sandpiper 



Tringa fuscicollis Vieillot, Nouv. Dist. Hist. Nat., vol. 34, 1819, p. 461 (Para- 

 guay). 



On Beata Island, on May 12, one white-rumped sandpiper was ob- 

 served distinctly. On May 15 one was seen with a flock of semipal- 

 mated sandpipers but was wary and would not allow approach for a 

 shot. It was observed in flight several times when its markings were 

 easily evident through binoculars. 



The species has not been recorded previously from Hispaniola, but 

 its occurrence there is not unusual, since it has been found in migra- 

 tion in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba. Specimens should be taken 

 to support the Dominican record. 



