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September 7, 1910 and 1911, several (Bowles and Howell, Condor, xiv, 1912, p. 
8); coast of Santa Barbara County—Santa Barbara and Carpinteria—August 
8 to 22, 1912 (Dawson, Condor, xiv, 1912, p. 224) ; White’s Landing, Santa Cata- 
lina Island, September 1, 1907, one specimen (J. Grinnell, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 
139); Pacific Beach, San Diego County, September 8, 1904, one specimen 
(Bishop, Condor, vm, 1905, p. 141) ; ‘‘California’’, three specimens (Sharpe, Cat. 
Bds. British Mus., xxiv, 1896, p. 573). 
143 (242) Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot) 
LEAST SANDPIPER 
Synonyms—Tringa minutilla; Tringa wilson; Actodromas minutilla; Lim- 
onites minutilla. 
Status—Abundant migrant throughout the state. Common through the 
winter west of the Sierras from the San Francisco Bay region south through the 
San Diegan district. Non-breeding or migrant individuals occur throughout 
the summer months. 
144 (243a) Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieillot) 
RED-BACKED SANDPIPER 
Synonyms—Tringa alpina; Tringa pacifica; Tringa alpina pacifica; Pelid- 
na americana; Pelidna alpina americana; Tringa alpina var. americana. 
Status—Common migrant along the seacoast, occurring also on suitable 
eround a few miles inland. Remains through the winter in small numbers in 
the central and southern coast regions from San Francisco Bay southwards; also 
noted in winter in the Sacramento Valley (Belding, MS), and at Los Bafos 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
145 (247) Ereunetes mauri Cabanis 
WESTERN SANDPIPER 
Synonyms—Tringa semipalmata; Erewnetes petrificatus; Ereunetes pusil- 
lus; Ereunetes occidentalis; Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis. 
Status—Abundant spring and fall migrant coastwise; occurs also, but spar- 
ingly, in suitable localities in the interior: Owens Valley (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. 
Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 23) ; Shasta Valley (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 
16, 1899, p. 110) ; ete. A few are noted throughout the winter in the San Diegan 
district and north as far as Oakland and Berkeley (Belding, MS). There is a 
December record for San Clemente Island (Linton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 194). 
146 (248) Calidris leucophaea (Pallas) 
SANDERLING 
Synonyms—Tringa arenaria; Calidris arenaria. 
Status—Common transient and winter visitant along the seashore of the 
San Diegan district and around the Santa Barbara Islands; northward less com- 
monly as far as the San Francisco Bay region: San Francisco (Baird, Brewer, 
