384 Bailey, Notes on Birds of Western Mexico. [q"£ 



were seen, and one was shot in the arroyo at Tepic where at the time of 

 my visit they had half grown young. 



22. Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — A few stray birds 

 were seen at the mouth of the arroyo and on the beach in front of the 

 banana ranch. While on my way back from Isabella Island a number 

 of flocks which I took to be this species passed our boat going northward. 



23. Ereunetes occidentalis. Western Sandpiper. — A single bird of 

 this species was seen at Isabella Island. It evidently had become tired 

 and had dropped out to rest from a migrating flock, no other specimen 

 being seen while on the island. 



24. Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. — During March these birds 

 were quite common at low tide on the estero flats at San Bias, but by the 

 last of April all had disappeared, although a few other wadeTs remained. 



25. Symphemia semipalmata inornata. Western Willet. — Com- 

 mon on the estero flats and beaches during all of my stay in that section, 

 and one specimen was also taken on the beach in front of camp at White 

 Rock, March 4. 



26. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — Quite common 

 and tame on the estero flats at San Bias, numbers being shot by Mr. Beer- 

 maker, the local Doctor and myself, and were relished greatly in that 

 section of the country where good meat is scarce. 



27. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — This bird, 

 like the preceding species, was also common on the estero flats, numbers 

 being shot for food. 



28. .ffigialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. — Two flocks were found on 

 the sandy beach between San Bias and the banana ranch and were very 

 tame, allowing me to come within two or three feet before running off to 

 hide. The beach was an ideal spot for breeding, and they probably 

 remained and bred there. 



29. Haematopus frazari. Frazar's Oyster-catcher. — Birds that 

 I took to be of this species were fairly common on the beaches of the main- 

 land near San Bias, and also on White Rock and Isabella Island. A 

 single specimen shot on White Rock before the loss of my gun, corresponds 

 very closely to H. palliatus, but not sufficiently so to refer it to that species. 

 Birds collected by the Biological Survey Expedition of 1897 (see North 

 America Fauna No. 14, Natural History of the Tres Marias Islands, Mex.), 

 both on the mainland and at Tres Marias Islands, were recorded as H. 

 palliatus, and possibly those I saw on the mainland were this species. 



30. Jacana spinosa. Mexican Jacana. — Very common in the 

 arroyo at Tepic, and from the birds shot and examined it was evident 

 that they had already bred there previous to my visit on March 30. 



31. Lophortyx douglasi. Douglas Quail. — These handsome little 

 birds, not unlike the California Quail except in color, were very common 

 around San Bias, and as there were few to shoot them, they were quite 

 tame. Flocks of from ten to twenty were flushed a number of times, and 



