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other species of sandpipers, but it sometimes occurs in large 

 flocks." I have the following records for the taking of this spe- 

 cies within our limits: 



Mr. J. Grafton Parker, Jr., at Grand Crossing, on August 22, 

 1893. 



Frank M. Woodruff, at Millers, Indiana, on August 24, 1896. 



The range of this species includes nearly the whole of both 

 North and South America, but chiefly the interior of North and 

 the western portion of South America as far south as Chili 

 and Patagonia. It breeds in the far north. 



Actodromas minutilla (Vieillot). Least Sandpiper. 



Tringa minutilla VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXXIV, 1819, 



466. 

 Actodromas minutilla COUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861, 



191. 

 Tringa pusilla WILSON, Amer. Orn., V, 1813, 32, pi. 37, f. 4 (nee 



Linnaeus). 



Tringa wilsonii NUTTALL, Man., II, 1834, 121. 

 Popular synonyms : SAND SNIPE. PEEP. WILSON'S SANDPIPER. 



BUMBLEBEE. 



An abundant migrant, arriving early in April and returning 

 again in the fall in August or September. I have no records of 

 the Least Sandpipers having nests within our limits excepting 

 that of Mr. E. W. Nelson, who says:* "The fifth of June, 1875, 

 I found one of these birds building its nest near the Calumet 

 River. When first observed it was busily at work in the midst of 

 a small bunch of grass, but upon my approach it ran a few feet 

 to one side and watched my movements. The nest was nearly 

 finished, and was a shallow depression in the center of a tuft of 

 grass, formed by the bird, which had just commenced lining it 

 with small straws. Unfortunately work was not resumed upon 

 the nest after my visit, but the birds were noticed several times in 

 the vicinity, and they probably had a nest in some safer spot. 

 Several Least Sandpipers were observed near Waukegan the first 

 of July, 1875, by Mr. Rice, who is certain they had nested in the 

 vicinity.." 



The range of the Least Sandpiper includes the whole of North 

 and South America, and it breeds chiefly north of the United 

 States. 



*Birds of Northeastern Illinois, Bull, of the Essex Institute, Vol. VIII, 1876, 127. 



