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Florida, I am satisfied that this species was well represented, if not 

 the predominating species. I confess that I can not identify in life 

 more than a very small percentage of these little "peep," and then 

 only when seen under most favorable circumstances. One dislikes 

 to shoot any number of the gentle little birds for identification. 

 But what few we shot proved to be western sandpipers, and I am 

 inclined to think that most of them were. Mr. Nichols writes to me: 



In my limited experience mcnri is commoner than pusillus on the west coast 

 of Florida. In Waknlla Comity in March and September, 1919, most all the 

 Ereunetes wore western, only one or two among them definitely identified as 

 pusillus: and in April. 1917. two or three western were identified with least 

 sandpipers south of Sanibel Light. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North America. Central America, the West Indies, and 

 northern South America. 



Breeding range. — So far as known, the western sandpiper breeds 

 only in Alaska. North to Cape Prince of Wales, Cape Blossom, 

 Point Barrow, and Camden Bay. East to Camden Bay and St. 

 Michael. South to St. Michael, Pastolik, and Hooper Bay. West 

 to Hooper Bay, Nome, and Cape Prince of Wales. It has been taken 

 in summer in northeastern Siberia at two points, East Cape on 

 July 14, 1913, and Cape Serdze. on July 16, 1913. 



Winter range. — The Pacific, Gulf, and South Atlantic coasts of 

 the United States, the West Indies, Central America, and northern 

 South America. North to Washington (Dungeness Spit, and Smith 

 Island) ; Texas (Brownsville and Corpus Christi) ; Louisiana 

 (Cameron and Vermilion Parishes) ; Alabama (Dauphin Island) ; 

 and rarely, North Carolina {Pea Island). East to rarely, North 

 Carolina (Pea Island and Fort Macon) ; South Carolina (Charles- 

 ton) ; Georgia (Blackboard Island): Florida (Amelia Island, and 

 Fort Myers) : Cuba (Guantanamo) ; and Trinidad. South to Trini- 

 dad: Venezuela (Margarita Island); probably northern Colombia 

 (Sabanilla) : probably Costa Kiea (Barranca Puntarenas) ; Tehuan- 

 tepec (Tehuantepee City); and Lower California (La Paz). West 

 to Lower California (La Paz) ; California (San Diego County, 

 Alameda, Oakland, and Berkeley) ; and Washington (Point Che- 

 halis, Seattle, and Dungeness Spit). It also has been detected in 

 winter on San Clemente Island, off the coast of southern California. 



Spring migration. — The spring movement of birds that have 

 wintered on the South Atlantic coast is imperfectly known, there 

 being available no interior records that indicate the route by which 

 they reach the breeding grounds. The species has been detected at 

 Long Beach, New York, as early as April 25, and at Mastic, New 



