WHITE-HUMPED SANDPIPER 191 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North and South America; casual in Europe. 



Breeding range. — Although the white-rumped sandpiper has been 

 noted in summer from Wainwright, Alaska, east to southern Green- 

 land (Julianshaab), the only places where eggs have been taken 

 are Point Barrow, Alaska; Herschel Island, Yukon; Taylor Island, 

 Victoria Land; Fort Anderson and Rendezvous Lake, Mackenzie; 

 and the southeast shore of Lake Nettilling, Baffin Island. 



Winter range. — North to Paraguay (Rio Pilcomayo and Rio 

 Parana); and Uruguay (Montevideo). East to Uruguay (Monte- 

 video) ; Argentina (La Plata, Cape San Antonio, Bahia Blanca, Rio 

 Chubut, and Puerto San Julian) ; the Falkland Islands; and Tierra 

 del Fuego. South to Tierra Fuego; and southern Chile (Straits of 

 Magellan). West to Chile (Straits of Magellan and Santiago); 

 and Paraguay (Rio Pilcomayo). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Florida, 

 De Funiak Springs, May 12; Georgia, Savannah, May 17; South 

 Carolina, Mount Pleasant, May 7, Frogmore, May 7, and Charleston, 

 May 16; North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, May 2, Churchs Island, 

 May 6, and Pea and Brodie Islands, May 15; Virginia, Smith's 

 Island, May 14; District of Columbia, Washington, May 11; New 

 Jersey, Long Beach, May 9, Trenton, May 12, and Bernardsville, 

 May 14; New York, Mastic, May 11, Canandaigua, May 19, Rock- 

 away Beach, May 21, and Freeport, May 22; Connecticut, Middle- 

 town, May 10, and New Haven, May 19; Rhode Island, Block 

 Island, May 16; Massachusetts, Melrose, May 9, and Harvard, May 

 20; Vermont, Woodstock, May 14, Brattleboro, May 18, and Rut- 

 land, May 19; Maine, Scarboro, May 29; Quebec, Godbout, May 24, 

 and Quebec City, May 27; Louisiana, Lobdell, May 14; Kentucky, 

 Bowling Green, April 27; Missouri, Jacks Fork, May 15, and Sand 

 Ridge, May 16; Illinois, De Kalb, May 8, and Elgin, May 11; Ohio, 

 Canton, May 8, Berlin Center, May 11, and Youngstown, May 17; 

 Michigan, Detroit, May 6; Ontario, Toronto, May 26; Iowa, Mar- 

 shalltown, May 4, and Sioux City, May 7; Wisconsin, Whitewater, 

 April 28; Minnesota, Wilder, May 5, Jackson, May 13, and Heron 

 Lake, May 19; Texas, Brownsville, April 11, and Ingram, May 8; 

 Kansas, Emporia, May 4, Lawrence, May 5, and Topeka, Maj' 7; 

 Nebraska, Neligh. May 1, and Peru, May 13; South Dakota, Sioux 

 Falls, May 5, and Vermilion, May 9; Manitoba, Whitewater Lake, 

 May 12; Saskatchewan, Ravenscrag, May 13; and Mackenzie, Fort 

 Resolution, May 19, and Fort Simpson, May 26. 



Late dates of spring departure from the wintering grounds are: 

 Argentina, French Bay, March 7, and Guamini, March 8. In North 

 America, late dates are: South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, May 30, 



