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considerable elevations in mountainous regions. Many record stations, widely 
scattered, though most numerous south of the 35th parallel. 
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151 (258a) Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus (Brewster) 
WESTERN WILLET 
Synonyms—Totanus semipalmatus; Catoptrophorus semipalmatus; Sym- 
phemia semipalmata; Symphemia semipalmata inornata. 
Status—Common migrant coastwise, more sparingly through the interior. 
Remains through the summer in suitable localities northeast of the Sierras: Altu- 
ras and Davis Creek, Modoe County (Mus. Vert. Zool.); Beekwith, Plumas 
County (Cooke, U. S. Biol. Surv., Bull. no. 35, 1910, p. 62). Stragglers or tran- 
sients occur during each summer month along the seacoast, but no definite breed- 
ing record is known to me outside of the above indicated area. Remains through 
the winter regularly on and near the seacoast of the San Diegan district and in 
the vicinity of San Francisco Bay; recorded in winter north as far as Humboldt 
Bay (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 199). 
152 (259) Heteractitis incanus (Gmelin) 
WANDERING TATTLER 
Synonyms—Totanus incanus; Heteroscelus brevipes. 
Status—Common migrant and, at least southerly, winter visitant, on rocky 
ocean shores. Recorded all through the summer, though these overlapping oceur- 
rences are probably either of late northbound or early southbound individuals. 
It is possible that non-breeders do not go north to the breeding grounds of the 
species at all. Especially numerous, and occurring all the year, around the vari- 
ous members of the Santa Barbara group of islands. 
153 (261) Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein) 
Upuanp PLOVER 
Synonym—Bartramian Sandpiper. 
Status—Rare fall migrant; only one record: bird shot at Tule Lake, Modoe 
or Siskiyou County, by Vernon Bailey, August 8, 1896 (Cooke, U. S. Biol. Surv., 
Bull. no. 35, 1910, p. 65). Upon inquiry I am informed by Mr. W. W. Cooke 
that the specimen was not saved, though a wing was mailed to Washington to 
ensure correctness of the field identification. This fragment was examined by 
Dr. A. K. Fisher, but was not preserved. 
154 (263) Actitis macularius (Linnaeus) 
SporrEep SANDPIPER 
Synonyms—Totanus macularius; Tringoides macularius. 
Status—Abundant migrant throughout the state. Remains through the 
summer and ‘breeds commonly along streams and lakes of the Sierra Nevadan 
region, south at least as far as Cottonwood Lakes, 11000 feet altitude, Sierra 
Nevada, Inyo County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Many nesting records for Lassen 
