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County and the vicinity of Lake Tahoe. Breeds also, but sparingly and locally, 
along the larger streams of the coast belt, south as far as Santa Paula, Ventura 
County (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 39). Remains through the 
winter in numbers along the seacoast of the San Diegan district and adjacent 
islands. 
155 (264) Numenius americanus Bechstein 
LONG-BILLED CURLEW 
Synonym—Numenius longirostris. 
Status—Common as a breeding species in the Modoc region of northeastern — 
California, at least as far south as Butte Valley, Plumas County (Feilner, Ann. 
Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1865, pp. 423, 428). Although recorded from the San Joa- 
quin Valley in June, actual breeding west of the Sierras has not been established. 
Fairly common as a migrant both east and west of the Sierras, though not re- 
corded near the seacoast north of the San Francisco Bay region. Occurs through 
the winter in the San Diegan district, in the San Joaquin Valley (Tyler, Pace. 
Coast Avif. no. 9, 1913, p. 30), in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay, and ocea- 
sionally in the Sacramento Valley (Belding, MS). Far less numerous now than 
formerly. 
156 (265) Numenius hudsonicus Latham 
Hupsonian CuRLEW 
Synonym—Short-billed Curlew. 
Status—Abundant spring and fall migrant along the seacoast. Perhaps a 
few pass the winter southerly; for instance, Santa Cruz Island, December (Lin- 
ton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 126). Oceurs as a transient through the interior, espe- 
cially in spring: Buena Vista Lake (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, 
p. 24) ; Marysville (Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1, 1879, p. 441) ; Stoekton 
(Belding, MS); Rancho Dos Rios, Stanislaus County (J. Mailliard, MS); Los 
Banos, Merced County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Paicines, San Benito County (J. and 
J. W. Mailliard, Condor, m, 1901, p. 121); Fresno District (Tyler, Pac. Coast 
Avif. no. 9, 1913, p. 80). 
157 (270) Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) 
. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 
Synonyms—Squatarola helvetica; Charadrius helveticus; Charadrius squa- 
tarola; Swiss Plover. 
Status—Common spring and fall migrant along the seacoast. Occurs irreg- 
ularly through the interior: Stockton (Belding, MS) ; Madera County (J. Mail- 
liard, Condor, 11, 1900, p. 122) ; Los Bafios, Merced County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Winters coastwise in small numbers, even as far north as mouth of Eel River, 
December (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 199), and casually inter- 
iorly, at Los Banos, Merced County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
