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Locust Grove, Lewis co., N. Y. Aug. 11, 1885. H. W. Henshaw, Auk, 2: 384 



Mt Sinai harbor, L. L c? and 9. Sept. 2, 1887. (Helme). Butcher 



Onondaga lake, N. Y. Aug. 27, 1888. Morris M. Green, Auk, 6: 68 



Moriches, L. L Aug. 26, 1890. (Lewis). Butcher 



Seaside Park, L. L Sept. 29, 1894. H. H. Taylor, Auk, 12: 179 



Shinnecock bay, L. L Oct. 31, 1894. Braislin, Auk, 16: 191 



Easthampton, L. L Sept. 17, 1895. Vaughan, Auk, 13: 80 



Waterport, Orleans co., N. Y. Sept. 3, 1895. Posson, Auk, 16: 194 



Lakeside Park, Orleans co. Aug. 20, 1898; Sept. 8, 1898; Sept. 16, 1898. Posson, Auk, 



16: 194 

 Canandaigua, N. Y. d^. Nov. 20, 1895. E. H. Eaton 



2 c?. Oct. 6, 1900. 

 Oneida Lake, N. Y. Sept. 4, 1897. Bagg, Auk, 17: 178 

 Verona Beach. Sept. 5, 1899. " " 



Lake Ontario, Orleans co., N. Y. Sept. 8, 1898; Oct. 18, 1899. Bavid Bruce 

 Montauk, L. L Aug. 14-17, 1907. (5). Braislin, Birds of Long Island, p. 60 

 Rye Beach, N. H. Aug. 26, 1880. (2 spec). Henry M. Spelman, N. 0. C. Bui. 6: 61 

 New Haven, Conn. Oct. 28, 1887 ; Oct. 19, 1889, c? . Woodruff, Auk, 7 : 89 

 Erie, Pa. Sept. 5-29, 1900. "Moderately common." Todd, p. 540 



" Aug. 24, 1892; Sept. 16, 1893; Sept. i, 7, 1894; Oct. 5, 1894; Oct. 3, 1895; 



Sept. II, 1897; -^ug- 22, 1902; Sept. I, s, 1902. (Bacon). Todd, p. 540 



Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot) 



(Actodromas minutilla on plate) 



Least Sandpiper 



Plate }S 



Tringa minutilla Vieillot. Nouv. Bict. d'Hist. Nat. 1819. 34:452 

 Tringa pusilla BeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 244, fig. 207, 208 

 Tringa minutilla A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 242 



minutil'la, Lat. diminutive of minutus, small 



Description. Our smallest sandpiper, very similar to the Pectoral 

 sandpiper in color, but brighter on the back in summer and less heavily- 

 streaked on the breast; in winter not so bright, the upper parts being plain 

 brownish gray with dusky shaft streaks. 



Length 5-6.75 inches; extent 11; wing 3.5-3.75; tail 1.75-2; tarsus .75; 

 bill .7 5-. 9. 



The Least sandpiper, Little peep, or Oxeye, is a common migrant along 

 our coast and inland waters. It contests with the Semipaknated sandpiper 

 the place for greatest abundance among our shore birds, at least along the 

 Long Island coast. On our inland lakes and rivers perhaps the Yellow-legs, 



