Vol 'i9i9 XVI ] Pangburn, Birds of Pinellas County, Fla. 399 



43. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dow- 

 itcher. — I suppose that the Dowitchers observed were of this subspecies. 

 They were common on the mud flats and beaches, although none were seen 

 after April 1. They were usually in flocks of about a dozen. 



44. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Extremely common, 

 occurring with the Semipalmated and Western Sandpipers in flocks of 

 hundreds on beaches and mud flats. 



45. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. — Did not 

 appear to be common but a few could usually be found in any large group 

 of shore birds. In winter plumage they are so inconspicuous that they 

 were doubtless passed by at times. 



46. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Common on 

 all the beaches and flats. 



47. Ereunetes mauri. Western Sandpiper. — Apparently not 

 very common, but this is perhaps due to the close resemblance to the 

 preceding species. 



48. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — Two were 

 seen on February 15. 



49. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Western Willet. 

 — While I did not collect any Willets I assumed those seen to be of this 

 subspecies, as the Gulf Coast of Florida is a part of their regular winter 

 range. Willets were abundant during all of my stay and were most 

 commonly seen in groups of four to six. On February 16 1 saw a flock of at 

 least a thousand on a sand bar in Boca Ceiga bay. I often heard them 

 crying as they flew about at night, especially when there was a good moon. 



50. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — This species was 

 not as abundant as would be expected. I saw it only three or four times. 



51. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — Quite com- 

 mon up to April 16. Seen mostly in small flocks on the Gulf beaches. 



52. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — While it is true that the 

 Killdeer is not the most abundant shore bird of Pinellas County it is 

 easily the most conspicuous. Small numbers are present everywhere 

 along the beaches and at many places inland. Like the Willet they are 

 very active at night. Was very rare after the first of April. 



53. iEgialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — This species 

 was regularly present in fair sized flocks on all of the beaches. It was 

 usually in company with other Plover and the smaller Sandpipers. 



54. iEgialitis meloda. Piping Plover. — Not so abundant as the 

 preceding and seen only on the Gulf beaches of the outer keys, where they 

 could always be found in small flocks. 



55. IEgialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. — The Snowy Plover is, I 

 believe, a very rare bird in Florida. I saw only one which was on a sand 

 bar south of Pass-a-Grille Key on March 25. I was able to examine it for 

 a long time with an eight diameter binocular at a distance of less than 

 fifty feet. There could be no question of the identification. It was in 

 company with a small flock of Piping Plover. 



