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62. Gallinago delicata ( Ord ) . 



Wilson Snips. 



Synonyms — Scolopax wilsonii; Gallinago ivilsonii. 



Status — A migrant occurring- throughout the state. Was found on Bill 

 Williams Fork in Fehruary (Kennedy, 1859, p. 34), and is of occasional occur- 

 rence in winter in southern Arizona. 



63. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say). 



Long-billed Dowitchf.r. 



Synonym — Macrorhamphus griseus. 



Status — There is but little information at hand pertaining to the occurrence 

 of this species in Arizona. Coues ( 1866a, p. 97) speaks of it as being "sparing- 

 ly distributed throughout the Territory", without citing any specific instances of 

 its capture, Henshaw (1875b, p. 453) lists a specimen from Mimbres, Arizona, 

 October 22, and comments that the species is "apparently an uncommon visitor in 

 Arizona." A specimen entered in the British Museum Catalogue of Birds 

 (Sharpe, 1896, p. 399) : " $ ad., Arizona, Oct. 22, C. G. Newberry", is probably 

 the same one alluded to by Henshaw. 



These are all referred to as Macrorhamphus griseus, but it seems more prob- 

 able that the form occurring in Arizona is .1/. g. scolapaceus. 1 have seen no 

 specimens from the region. 



64. Pisobia bairdi (Cones). 



Daird Sandpiper. 



Synonyms — Tringa schinsii; Actodromas bairdi; Tringa bairdi. 



Status — Henshaw ( 1875b, p. 455) found it quite numerous in the fall in 

 southeastern Arizona, taking specimens at Cam]) Apache, August 26-29, and at 

 Camp Crittenden, September 2. Merriam (1890, p. 88) met with it at Walker 

 Lake. San Francisco Mountain. August 27 and September 1. Not reported from 

 the Colorado River. 



65. Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). 



Least Sandpiper. 



Synonyms — Actodromas minutilla; Tringa minutilla; Limonitcs minutilla. 



Status — A common migrant throughout the state. It is probably a winter 

 visitant in parts of soiuhern Arizona and along the lower Colorado River, but the 

 only definite record of a winter bird is of a specimen mentioned by Cooke ( 19 10, 

 p. 41), as in the United States National Museum, collected in winter in southern 

 Arizona, no definite date or locality being given. 



()(). Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieillot). 



Red-racked Sandpiper. 



Synonym — Tringa alpina pacifica. 



Status— Recorded by Scott ( 1886, p. 386). who secured specimens near Tuc- 

 son in April, 1883. Apparently not otherwise observed in Arizona. 



