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52. Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). Least Sandpiper. 



^'Least Sandpiper" Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 127 (Santa Barbara), 131 (I. of 

 Pines). 



Eight specimens: Los Indies and Siguanea. 



Three birds taken September 27 are immature, one of them showing 

 signs of moult of the body-plumage. Four others, ranging in date from 

 September 30 to November 22, are in full winter dress, the earliest 

 bird just completing the moult of the remiges. The single example 

 from Siguanea, shot April 30, is in full nuptial plumage. 



This diminutive species is a common winter resident, mainly on or 

 near the coast, occurring in immense flocks, usually associated with 

 other species of shore-birds. It was one of the most abundant species 

 at Rincon Lagoon in February. September 27 was the earliest date 

 of record for the fall of 1912, although Mr. Read seems to have noted 

 it a little earlier that season, on September 24. In the fall of 191 3 the 

 same observer saw it first on September 26. 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus). Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



(?) "Semipalmated Sandpiper" Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 7, 13 (I. of Pines); 



XXX, 1913, 127 (Santa Barbara), 131 (I. of Pines). 



Mr. Read records this species, as above, saying that he saw several on September 

 4, 1910. In reply to an inquiry he writes that on the date in question he watched 

 a flock of small sandpipers on a sand-bar along the Nuevas River, which from 

 their partially webbed tracks he felt sure belonged to the present species. While 

 there is no reason why this species should not occur as a winter resident in the 

 Isle of Pines, as elsewhere in the West Indies, its formal admission to the list should 

 await a more positive identification. 



53. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin). Greater Yellow-legs. 



Totanus rnelanoleuciis Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 196 (Bibijagua). 



— Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 190, and XXVIII, 1911, 11 (I. of Pines). 

 "Greater Yellow-legs" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 15, XXVIII, 1911, 7, and 



XXX, 1913, 131 (I. of Pines; migr.). 



Probably a winter resident in the Isle of Pines, as elsewhere in the 

 West Indies, but the few available records pertain apparently to 

 migratory birds only, or at least to individuals observed during the 

 season of migration. Mr. Zappey secured a single female at the 

 " Salina " near Bibijagua on May 15, 1904, and Mr. Read reports 

 having seen a few on September 18, 1909, and September 7, 1910. 

 Mr. Link failed to meet with the species. 



