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other part of California. It is believed to breed only within the Arctic regions, 
but it migrates southward in winter as far as Chili, and even to northern 
Patagonia. 
Tringa bairdii (Cougs). 
BarrpD’s SANDPIPER. 
Still another Saudpiper new not only to the Cape Region, but to the Penin- 
sula at large, is the present species, of which Mr. Frazar took four specimens 
at San José del Cabo between September 3 and 13. According to Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway, it had not been “ recorded from the Pacific coast of the 
United States” ? when the Water Birds appeared. 
Baird’s Sandpiper “ was found breeding on the Barren Grounds, June 24, by 
Mr. MacFarlane,” and is believed to winter in South America, where it goes 
as far south as Peru and Chili. Its migrations, in North America at least, 
are performed chiefly through the interior. Although it is supposed to be 
normally confined to the New World, a specimen has been taken at Walfish 
Bay in South Africa, 
Tringa minutilla Vier. 
LrEeast SANDPIPER. 
Actodromas minutilia Ripgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1888, 554, footnote (Todos 
Santos). ; 
Tringa minutilla Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 272 (Todos 
Santos). 
Mr. Ridgway’s mention of a specimen without date taken by Xantus at 
Todos Santos (on the west coast) appears to be the only previous record of the 
occurrence of this species in the Cape Region. Nevertheless it visits the Gulf 
coast of the Peninsula in considerable numbers, both in spring and autumn, for 
Mr. Frazar took two specimens on March 6, at Carmen Island, and no less than 
eleven the following autumn at San José del Cabo. At the latter place they 
were first seen on August 23, and by the 28th had become numerous. Through 
September they were met with almost daily, but none were observed after 
October 3. Mr. Bryant says that “ Mr. Anthony noticed them at San Quintin 
Bay. At Magdalena Bay they were seen in small flocks and specimens taken ; 
also at Jower Purisima cafion.” 
The Least Sandpiper breeds chiefly if not exclusively north of the United 
States. It is of common occurrence on the coast of California in winter, when 
it also visits central and northern South America, as well as the Galapagos 
Islands. 
1 Ibis, 1877, 43. 
2 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds N. Amer., I. 1884, 230. 
8 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Loc. cit., 282. . 
