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Locust Grove, Lewis cc, N. Y. Aug. 11, 1885. H. W. Henshaw, Auk, 2: 384 



Mt Sinai harbor, L. L 0' and 9- Sept. 2, 1887. (Helme). Butcher 



Onondaga lake, N. Y. Aug. 27, i888. Morris M. Green, Auk, 6: 68 



Moriches, L. L Aug. 26, 1890. (Lewis). Butcher 



Seaside Park, L. L Sept. 29, 1894. H. H. Taylor, Auk, 12: 179 



Shinnecock bay, L. L Oct. 31, 1894. Braislin, Auk, 16: 191 



Easthampton, L. L Sept. 17, 1895. Vaughan, x\uk, 13: 80 



Waterport, Orleans co., N. Y. Sept. 3, 1895. Posson, Auk, 16: 194 



Lakeside Park, Orleans co. Aug. 20, 1898; Sept. 8, 1898; Sept. 16, 1898. Posson, Auk, 



16: 194 

 Canandaigua, N. Y. c?' • Nov. 20, 1895. E. H. Eaton 



20. Oct. 6, 1900. " 



Oneida Lake, N. Y. Sept. 4, 1897. Bagg, Auk, 17: 178 

 Verona Beach. Sept. 5, 1899. " " 



Lake Ontario, Orleans co., N. Y. Sept. 8, 1898; Oct. 18, 1899. Bavid Bruce 

 Montauk, L. L Aug. 14-17, 1907. (5). Braislin, Birds of Long Island, p. 60 

 Rye Beach, N. H. Aug. 26, 1880. (2 spec). Henr}- M. Spelman, N. 0. C. Bui. 6: 6r 

 New Haven, Conn. Oct. 28, 1887 ; Oct. 19, 1889, J' . Woodruff, Auk, 7: 89 

 Erie, Pa. Sept. 5-29, 1900. "Moderately common." Todd, p. 540 



" Aug. 24, 1892; Sept. 16, 1893; Sept. i, 7, 1894; Oct. 5, 1894; Oct. 3, 1895; 



Sept. II, 1897; Aug. 22, 1902; Sept. i, 5, 1902. (Bacon). Todd, p. 540 



Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot) 



(Ac t od r.j mas minutilla on plate) 



Least Sandpiper 



Plate 3S 



Tringa minutilla Vieillot. Nouv. Bict. d'Hist. Nat. 1819. 34:452 

 Tringa pusilla BeKav. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 244, fig. 207, 208 

 Tringa minutilla A.' O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 242 



minutil'la, Lat. diminutive of mimitus, small 



Description. Our smallest sandpiper, very similar to the Pectoral 

 sandi)i])er in color, but brighter on the back in summer and less heavily 

 streaked on the breast; in winter not so bright, the upper parts being jilain 

 brownish gray with dusky shaft streaks. 



Length 5-6.75 inches; extent 11; wing 3.5-3.75; tail 1.75-2; tarsus .75; 

 bill .75-.9. 



The Least sandpiper, Little peep, or Oxeye, is a common migrant along" 

 our coast and inland waters. It contests with the Semipalmated sandpiper 

 the place for greatest abundance among our shore birds, at least along the 

 Long Island coast. On our inland lakes and rivers perhaps the Yellow-legs, 



