2lS DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



of Pdidna cindus, saying: "This bird was shot in November near 

 Engineers' Cantonment and is probabh^ a variety of the very var- 

 iable Cinchis in its winter plumage." Keyes and Williams give 

 it as a "rather common migrant, appearing the last of March 

 about the quiet pools near the watercourses." (Bds. of Iowa, 1889, 

 122). 



County records: Dickinson — "rare migrant; Spirit Lake" 

 (Berry). Lee — "migrant, very abundant" (Currier). Polk — "no- 

 ticed at Des Moines March 31, 1884" (Cooke, Bird Migr. in Mi.ss. 

 Val., 1884-5, 93)- Pottawattamie — "rare migrant" (Trostler). 

 Poweshiek — "tolerablj- common transient" (KeLsey). Woodbury 

 — "transient, Sioux City" (Rich). 



100. (241). Aiiodronias bairdii ConQS. Baird Sandpiper. 



The Baird Sandpiper is a species of the interior of North Amer- 

 ica, breeding in the Arctic regions, and migrating through the 

 Mississippi Valley; rare on both coasts. 



County records: Des Moines — two specimens in the University 

 museum were taken at Burlington Oct. 2, 1895, b}- Paul Bart.sch. 

 Johnson — "two specimens killed near Iowa City last spring, now 

 in University museum" (Nutting, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., 1892, 

 41). Lee — "common migrant, Keokuk District" (Praeger). Linn 

 — ".spring and fall migrant" (Baile}'"). Mill.s-Pottawatamie — 

 "common migrant" (Trostler). Webster — "rare; two specimens" 

 (Somes). Woodbury — a specimen shot by C. Brown on Brown's 

 Lake, near Sioux City, was sent me by Dr. G. C. Rich for identi- 

 fication. 



loi. (242). Actodroiiias Diinuti/la {XiQiWot). Least Sandpiper. 



The Least Sandpiper or Peep, the smallest member of the fam- 

 ih% is an abundant migrant in Iowa, being found everywhere along 

 the muddy shores of ponds or streams. The .spring migration is 

 generally confined to the month of Ma\-, but the autumnal migra- 

 tion is more prolonged. I have shot .specimens on July 31, 1893, 

 and July 28, 1894, and numbers in the first half of August. They 

 are frequently .seen in company with other species and are fre- 

 quently confounded with Ereiinetes pusi//i(s, but may be readily 

 identified by having the toes cleft to their bases. 



All observers but one report the species as migrant onh*. Chas. 

 R. Keves gives it as a rare summer resident in Linn countv and 



