70 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



Erie, rare in the interior of the state," there remain only 

 the records mentioned by him in his 1882 catalogue. Dr. 

 Wheaton found it once, "in a locality known as the 'Broom- 

 corn' fields, near Shadeville in Franklin county, late in Oc- 

 tober, 1875." Dr. Langdon's record follows : "Two speci- 

 mens, the first recorded for this vicinity, taken September 

 6, 1879, near Glendale, Ohio, by Mr. J. B. Porter; both 

 were males." The records of Mr. R. K. Winslow must be 

 discounted, in the absence of specimens. 



Bird students should be on the lookout for this species, 

 which should be found in some numbers in the state. 



91. (241.) 'ACTODROMAS BAIRDII CoUCS. 208. 



Baird Sandpiper. 



Synonyms: Tringa bairdii. 



Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1874, 572. 



While this sandpiper is reported by Mr. Dury alone of 

 all those who have handed lists to me, it cannot be as rare 

 as that would indicate. It has been taken in Lorain county 

 several times during its southward migration, but never in 

 spring that I am aware of. It should be found in some num- 

 bers with the other sandpipers. Probably the whole trou- 

 ble is that none know the bird in the field. The winter plu- 

 mage is not as distinctive as one could wish, but identifica- 

 tion is not difficult. 



92. (242. ACTODRAMAS MINUTILLA (Vieill). .209. 



Least Sandpiper. 



Synonyms: Tringa minutilla, T. wilsonii. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 



The Least Sandpiper usually reaches Oberlin in flocks 

 after May 10. It is easily approached and readily identified, 

 yet few seem to know it. I have always found it along the 

 borders of ponds probing in the mud, or bathing in the wa- 

 ter's edge. It was found in considerable numbers by Mr. 

 Dawson and myself on Middle Bass Island during the first 

 week in August, 1901. I have not seen it in the southward 

 migration in Lorain county. 



