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117. (234) Tringa canutus Linnaeus. Knot. 



Probably a regular migrant in small numbers. So far detected only in 

 the fall. A. D. Howell and J. H. Bowles took several specimens at Santa 

 Barbara during late August and early September, 1911 (Condor xiv, 1912, 8). 

 The first noted were two birds taken by Mr. Bowles on August 24 and the latest 

 was a single bird seen by Mr. Howell on September 9. Two males and a female 

 were taken by C. B. Linton from a Hock of about thirty birds at Alamitos Bay, 

 Los Angeles County, September 18, 1907, and I took a male in the same locality 

 October 10, following. C. Lamb took a male at Anaheim Land- 

 ing, Orange County, October 3, 1909 (Condor xi, 1909, 208. H. W. Marsden 

 took two young males at Pacific Beach, San Diego County, September 8, 1904 

 (Bishop, Condor vii, 1905, 141). Mr. Marsden also took a male and two fe- 

 males in the same locality, October 7 and 9, 1903 ( Dwight, Auk xxi, 1904, 78). 



118. (239) Pisobia maculata (Vieillot). Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Rare migrant. So far noted on our southern California coast only at 

 Santa Barbara. W. W. Cooke says of this species : "A few pass south along 

 the Pacific coast to the state of Washington ( Suckley ) and there are two 

 records for California — Mill X'alley Junction. September 14, 1896 (Mailliard), 

 and Farallon Islands, September 4, 1884 (specimen in U. S. National Museum). 

 The species reappears again in Lower California, where it is fairly common 

 during fall migration in the Cape region (Brewster)" ( U. S. Biol. Surv. Bull. 

 35, 1910, 36). We have the following records for the species in southern 

 California: Two birds seen at Santa Barbara by Bradford Torrey on Septem- 

 ber 18, three on September 20 and one on September 21 and 23, 1909 (Condor 

 xii, 1910, 44). Several birds noted in the same locality by J. H. Bowles, Sep- 

 tember 8, and one collected September 9, 1910 (Condor xiii, 1911, 35). Mr. 

 Bowles also saw a bird on August 18 and another on August 20, 1911 (Condor 

 xi\', 1912, 8), and noted it in spring migration April 14, 1910 (Auk xxviii, 



1911, 172). 



119. (241) Pisobia bairdi (Coues). Baird Sandpiper. 



Migrates mainly east of the Sierras, so far having been detected along our 

 southern California coast only in the fall, as follows : A. B. Howell and J. H. 

 Bowles found the species fairly common on marsh lands near Santa Barbara in 

 the fall of 1911. The earliest specimen, a male, was taken August 11, and they 

 were fairly plentiful from that date until about September 7 (Condor xiv, 



1912, 8). H. W. Wright took a young male on Catalina Island, September 1, 

 1907 (Grinnell, Condor xi, 1909, 139), and H .W. Marsden took a young 

 female at Pacific Beach, San Diego County, September 8, 1904 (Bishop, Con- 

 dor vii, 1905, 141). 



120. (242) Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). Least Sandpiper. 

 Abundant migrant along the coast and on inland bodies of water. Remains 



through the winter in considerable numbers. Arrives mostly in August and 



