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stones. The migrations occur mostly in August and April. C. B. Linton has 

 found the Tattler common on San Clemente, San Nicolas and Santa Barbara 

 islands, from September 1 to June 12. I saw them daily on San Miguel Island 

 from June 9 to June 23, 1010 (Condor xn, 1910, 173), and Antonin Jay noted 

 several birds on Santa Barbara Island, July 3, 1909. J. E. Law has a male 

 taken near Santa Monica, Los Angeles Count}', December 11, 1905, and I have 

 frequently seen the species on rocky shores of the mainland during the winter 

 months. 



129. (263) Actitis macularius (Linnaeus). Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Common along rocky shores from September to May. Occasional inland, 



mostly during migrations. A few breed as far south as Ventura County and 

 probably even farther south in the higher mountains. I have found this species 

 plentiful in winter around the Santa Barbara Islands and on rocky shores of 

 the mainland, and have seen it in the Los Angeles city parks during migrations. 

 C. B. Linton found it common at San Nicolas Island, May 18, 1909, and I saw 

 two birds on Anacapa Island, June 5, 1910. I also saw one at Nigger Slough, 

 Los Angeles County, May 28, 1910. J. Grinnell saw several birds at Bear Lake, 

 San Bernardino Mountains, August 2, 1905, and a pair was noted at Dry Lake, 

 9000 feet altitude, July 15, 1906 (Univ. Calif. Ptibl. Zool. v, 1908, 56). 



A set of three eggs was taken by B. Ruggles near Santa Paula, Ventura 

 County, in May, 1892, and another set of three was taken by M. Richardson 

 in the same locality in May, 1900. I have examined these eggs and they are 

 undoubtedly those of the Spotted Sandpiper. 



130. (264) Numenius americanus Bechstein. Long-billed Curlew. 

 This bird may be found along our coast and on inland bodies of Water every 



month in the year. Although it has been reported as breeding in southern Cal- 

 ifornia, I doubt the authenticity of the records. The birds seen here in summer 

 are probably non-breeding. Tt is most plentiful during migrations, but is fairly 

 common during the winter months. Long-billed Curlews begin coming in from 

 the north in considerable numbers the first week in July and continue to arrive 

 until well into September. The spring migration occurs mostly during the 

 month of April. 



131. (265) Numenius hudsonicus Latham. Hudsonian Curlew. 

 This species in migrations is much more abundant than the last along the 



seashore, but is less plentiful inland. According to ornithological authorities it 

 winters entirely south of the United States. The first arrivals from the north 

 appear about the first week in July, and by July 10 they are abundant along the 

 beaches. They have mostly disappeared to the southward by the first of October. 

 The return migration begins about March first and continues well into May 

 I saw a flock of twenty-five or thirty birds at Nigger Slough, Los Angeles 

 County, May 25, 1907, and J. H. Bowles saw eleven birds at Santa Barbara, 

 June 2, 1911 (Condor xiv, 1912, 10). 



132. (270) Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus). Black-bellied Plover 

 Common migrant along the coast, less plentiful during the winter. Fall 



