[ 2.6o ] BIRDSOFOREGON 



like the Black Turnstone, with which it is frequently found, but is much 

 smaller. Jewett (19^) first recorded it from the State from a specimen 

 taken at Netarts, December 31, 1912.. Other records, all from Netarts 

 and all supported by skins in his collection, are March 10, 1913, April 13, 

 1914, December 30, 192.6, and December 2.9, 192.8. The southernmost 

 record for the State is at Roads End, in northern Lincoln County, where, 

 December 17, 1930, the authors saw a small flock and took one bird. 



Pectoral Sandpiper: 



Pisobia melanotos (Vieillot) 



DESCRIPTION. "Bill longer than tarsus; middle pair of tail feathers pointed and 

 longer than the rest; shaft of outer quill only, pure white; rump, upper coverts, 

 and middle tail feathers, black. Adults: upper parts mottled dusky, black, and 

 buffy; chest dark gray, finely streaked with dusky; chin and belly white. Young: 

 similar to adults, but upper parts striped with ochraceous, brightest on edges of 

 tertials and tail feathers; chest buffy, finely streaked with dusky. Length: 8.00- 

 9.50, wing 5.005.50, bill i.io i.zo, tarsus i.oo i.io. " (Bailey) Nest: A slight 

 depression, lined with a little dry grass. Eggs: 4, dull white to olive buff, more or 

 less evenly marked by blotches of brown. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds mainly on Arctic Coast of Alaska and Mackenzie. 

 Winters in South America. In Oregon: Occurs as uncommon migrant in both spring 

 and fall. Most regular and abundant east of Cascades. 



WOODCOCK (1901) first listed the Pectoral Sandpiper as an Oregon bird, 

 stating that it was a rare spring migrant at Salem, as reported by Warner. 

 This is the only published record for the State that we have been able to 

 find, other than our own notes. We have found it much more abundant 

 as a fall than as a spring migrant, a single record from Klamath County 

 on April 19 and one from Harney County on May 14, both by Gabrielson, 

 being the only spring records. Our earliest fall date is July 2.5 (Klamath 

 County), but the first definite record of a specimen from the State is one 

 taken by Jewett on October 16, 1905 (our latest fall date), on Govern- 

 ment Island, Multnomah County. In the fall it is a fairly regular migrant 

 east of the Cascades, where it can be expected in small numbers in Kla- 

 math and Harney Counties in the last half of September. In the notes of 

 the Biological Survey, Preble reported it from Fort Klamath on September 

 15 to 18, 1896, and Cantwell, from Cold Springs Reservation, Umatilla 

 County, in October 1914. In addition, Gabrielson obtained a specimen 

 on September 2.3 from Crook County and at close range watched two 

 birds running about over the permanent snow field just below the summit 

 of Eagle Cap, Wallowa County, at about 9,600 feet altitude. These birds, 

 hurriedly picking insects from the snow, were very tame and allowed 

 slow approach to within 8 or 10 feet. The Multnomah County record 

 above and one from the coast of Lincoln County, August 31, 192.9, are 

 our only records from western Oregon. 



