30 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 134 
CHARADRIUS WILSONIA BELDINGI (Ridgway): Wilson’s Plover, 
Chorlito Piquigordo 
Pagolla wilsonia beldingi Ripcway, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 8, June 26, 
IQIQ, p. 112. (La Paz, Baja California.) 
At Juncal on January 30 I shot one as it ran across the broad sand 
beach. This bird, a female with undeveloped ovaries, was the only 
one seen. 
SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA (Linnaeus): Black-bellied Plover, Chorlo Gris 
Tringa Squatarola LinNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 149. 
(Sweden. ) 
The black-bellied plover fed regularly on the beaches in groups 
of 3 or 4 to 25. One was taken January 12. 
ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA (Linnaeus): Ruddy Turnstone, 
Vuelvepiedras 
Tringa Morinella LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249. (Coast 
of Georgia.) 
Turnstones ranged daily over the broad flats of Bahia Damas when 
these were laid bare by low water, or ran along the sandy margins 
when the tide was full. It was amusing to see how expertly they 
flipped over small stones or shells to search underneath, and also to 
hear their low chattering calls when feeding in close company during 
rain. At low water they came back among the mangrove roots at the 
mouths of the rivers. 
Two birds, male and female, were taken January 11 and 27. 
Family ScoLopAcIDAE: Snipe, Woodcock, Sandpipers 
EREUNETES PUSILLUS (Linnaeus): Semipalmated Sandpiper, 
Playerito Gracioso 
Tringa pusilla LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 252. (His- 
paniola. ) 
These small sandpipers scattered far out over the bare flats at low 
tide, where they often passed unnoticed until driven in to the beach 
at high water. They seemed to vary in abundance; many were 
recorded January 18 and 20. 
EREUNETES MAURI Cabanis: Western Sandpiper, Playerito Occidental 
Ereunetes Mauri Capants, Journ. fiir Orn., vol. 4, 1856 (1857), p. 419. (South 
Carolina.) 
On January 18 I recorded four western sandpipers among the 
many semipalmated and shot one, a female, for a specimen. Several 
