BREWSTER: BIRDS OF THE CAPE REGION, LOWER CALIFORNIA. 61 
place three were seen as early as August 28; the date of greatest abundance 
was October 18, after which there wasa rapid decrease, the last bird being seen 
on November 9. At Santiago, however, these Snipe were numerous on No- 
vember 17, and a single bird was flushed near the summit of the Sierra de la 
Laguna, on November 28. Mr. Bryant ‘saw a few at Comondu in March and 
April, 1888,” and Mr. Anthony found them rare ‘‘in the region embraced in 
his explorations (San Fernando to Ensenada) ” (Bryant). 
Wilson’s Snipe migrates as far southward as Central America, and breeds 
from Oregon northward. 
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Sar). 
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. 
At San José del Cabo Mr. Frazar killed nine Long-billed Dowitchers on 
August 28, and during September and October large flocks were seen almost 
daily. They were also very common at Santiago in November, the latest date 
mentioned in Mr. Frazar’s notes being the 17th. In view of these facts it 
seems curious that the bird has not been previously reported from this region. 
A little farther north, however, Mr. Bryant has found it! “common at Mag- 
dalena Bay, where small flocks associated with willet and godwit,” and still 
more plentiful on mud flats along the estero to the northward of this Bay, where 
it occurred in March. 
Red-breasted Snipe, presumably of this species, were found commonly on the 
Pacific coast of Guatemala by Mr. Salvin,? and specimens are said to have 
been taken in Chili. Dr. Brewer gives its breeding range as extending “from 
lat. 44° N. to the Arctic Ocean.” ® 
Tringa maculata VIEILL. 
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 
This Sandpiper, also, is an addition to the fauna of the Cape Region. In- 
deed, it does not seem to have been previously reported from any part of 
Lower California. It is represented in Mr. Frazar’s collection by nine speci- 
mens taken at various dates between September 2 and October 24 at San 
José del Cabo, where, according to the accompanying notes, it occurred in 
considerable numbers. 
The Pectoral Sandpiper is “ not rare at San Francisco Bay in winter,” 
according to Dr. Cooper,* but it does not appear to have been found in any 
1 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 272. 
2 Tbis, 1865, 191. 
3 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds N. Amer., I. 1884, 197. 
* Auk, III. 1886, 124. 
