708 Report of State Geologist. 



as Melville Peninsula, shores of Smith Sound, north Georgian Islands, 

 and Grinnell Land, but its eggs remained absolutely unknown, until 

 Lieut. A. W. Greely took it on the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, in 

 the vicinity of Fort Conger, latitude 81° 44' N. (The Auk, II, p. 313). 



Subgenus ACTODROMAS Kaup. 



94. (280). ^Tringa maculata (\'ieill.). 



Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Middle tail feathers pointed, projecting a quarter of an inch beyond 

 the rest, wedge-shaped at the end, dusky, edged with lighter; outer tail 

 feathers, pale brownish-gray, edged with white; rump and upper tail 

 coverts, black, the under feathers of latter, whitish, marked with 

 dusky; above, feathers black, each one bordered with light clay color, 

 brighter on crown, back, scapulars and tertials, throat and rest of un- 

 der parts, white; below, neck and breast, light grayish-buff, streaked 

 with black. This species resembles T. hairdii but is larger, has black 

 instead of dusky upper tail coverts, and middle tail feathers longer 

 and more pointed. 



Length, 8.00-9.50; wing, about 5.00-5.50; hill, 1.10-1.20; tarsus, 

 1.00-1.10. 



Eange. — America, from Brazil and Chili north to Arctic Ocean. 



Breeds in north Alaska and other Arctic regions. Winters from 

 West Indies to South America. Accidental in Europe. 



Nest, in grass. J^ggs, 4, pale grayish-butT, ranging to pale olive- 

 greenish, boldly and heavily blotched with rich vandyke brown; 1.44 

 by 1.02. 



Common, sometimes al)undant, migrant, generally in flocks. A few 

 may be summer residents. 



Usually found from the latter part of March to May 1, and through 

 September and October. The earliest record I have is from Yigo 

 County,, March 17, 1897 (Kendrick). I have also the following early 

 spring records: Brookville, March 29, 1881; Greencastle, March 28, 

 1894; March 22, 1895 (Earlle); Greensburg, March 27, 1894; March 

 26, 1896 (Shannon); Liverpool, March 29, 1885; Cook County, 111., 

 March 20, 1886 (Parker). Some years the first reported appearance is 

 much later, as is shown by the following: Brookville, April 9, 1887; 

 Greencastle, April 8, 1890 (Earlle). The following are dates when 

 last observed in spring migrations: Brookville, May 6, 1881; Knox 

 County, April 24, 1894 (Chansler); English Lake, May 10, 1891; 

 May 6, 1888 (Deane); Laporte. May 6, 1896 (Barber). Sometimes 

 they are seen singly or in small flocks of five to twelve, but often in 



