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133 (240) Tringa fuscicoUis Vieillot. 



White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Status — Known only from the record by W. E. Bryant of a female specimen taken near 

 Oakland, October 8, 1883. 



134 (241) Tringa bairdi (Coues) Sclater. 



Baird Sandpiper. 



Syn. — Heteropygia bairdi. 



Status — Rare migrant; recorded by J. Mailliard from Monterey; three skins listed in 

 Volume XXIV of the "Catalogue of Birds" as from "California." 



135 (242) Tringa minutilla Vieillot. 



IvEAST Sandpiper. 



Syn. — Tringa 'cvilsoni; Ac todromas minutilla; Li^notiites 77tinutilla. 



Status — Abundant migrant and winter visitant in suitable localities througout the State. 



136 (243 a) Tringa pacifica (Coues) Grinnell. 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Syn, — Tringa alpina pacifica; Pelidna alpina americana; Pelidna americana; Tringa 



alpina; Tringa alpina var. americana. 

 Status — Common winter visitant coastwise; occurs in the interior- during migration. 



137 (247) Ereunetes occidentalis Lawrence. 



Western Sandpiper. 



S\tii.— Tringa semipalinata; Ereunetes petrificatus; Ereunetes pusillus; Ereunetes pusil- 

 lus occidentalis. 



Status — Abundant migrant coastwise; less numerous in spring and fall through the inter- 

 ior. 



138 (248) Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus) Leach. 



Sanderung. 



Syn. — Tringa arenaria. 



vStatus — Common migrant and winter visitant along the seacoast. 



139 (249) Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus) Sabine. 



Marbled Godwit. 



Status — Fairly common migrant along the coast ; said to remain through the winter in 

 small numbers. 



140 (254) Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) Vieillot. 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



vSyn. — Gambetta melanoleuca. 



Status — Common migrant throughout the State ; some pass the winter in the southern 



coast district, and a few have been found through the summer, but there is no definite 



breeding record. 



