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141 (255) Totanus flavipes (Gmelin) Vieillot. 



YeIvLOW-LEGS. 



Syn. — Gambetta flavipes. 



Status — Seems to be a rather rare migrant through the interior; there are two records of 

 its occurrence on the seacoast in winter. 



142 (256 a) Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus (Brewster) A. O. U. Comm. 



Western Solitary Sandpiper. 



Syn. — Totanus solitarius; Rhyacophilus solitarius; Totanus solitarius cinnamomeus. 

 vStatus — Fairly common migrant throughout the State. 



143 (258 a) Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewster. 



Western Willet. 



Syn.— Totaz/us semipalmatus; Symphemia semipalmata. 



vStatus — Common migrant coastwise ; occasional through the winter on the tide marshes. 



1.44 (259) Heteractitis incanus (Gmelin) Slejneger. 



Wandering Tattler. 



Syn. — Heteroscelus brevipes; Heteroscelus incanus. 

 Status — Common winter visitant along rocky ocean shores. 



145 (263) Actitis macularia (Linnaeus) Nauraann, 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Syn. — Totanus macidarius; Tringoides macularius. 



St.\tus— Common migrant throughout the State; remains through the summer and 



breeds along streams and lakes in the Sierras ; recorded through the wintci along our 



southern seacoast. 



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146 (264) Numenius longirostris Wilson. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



Status — Common through the winter coastwise and in the interior valleys west of the 

 Sierras; recorded as passing the summer in large numbers and breeding in the Pitt 

 River region in the northwestern corner of the State. 



147 (265) Numenius hudsonicus Latham. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



Status — Abundant migrant coastwise, occurring also at the larger lakes inland. 



148 (270) Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) Cuvier. 



Black-bellied Plover. 



Syn. — Charadrius squatarola; Charadrius helveticus; Squatarola helvetica. 

 Status — Common migrant coastwise; occasional through the interior valleys. 



