BREWSTER: BIRDS OF THE CAPE REGION, LOWER CALIFORNIA. 63 
Tringa alpina pacifica (Covss). 
RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. 
Pelidna alpina americana Bep1nNG, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI. 1883, 351 (s. of lat. 
24° 30’). 
Mr. Belding found the Red-backed Sandpiper “ very common in winter” 
south of latitude 24° 30’, in 1882-83. It has not been reported from this 
region by any one else, and was not met with by Mr. Frazar. Mr. Bryant is 
not sure that he “saw any of this species at Magdalena Bay.” He states that 
Mr. Belding ‘‘ mentions it as abundant at San Quintin Bay, May 2, 1882, but 
rare by May 10.” 
The American Red-backed Sandpiper is not known to occur south of Lower 
California on the Pacific coast, and the greater number of individuals probably 
winter north of San Francisco, for it is a hardy bird and quite able to endure 
rather severe frost. Its breeding grounds lie exclusively north of the United 
States. 
Ereunetes occidentalis Lawr. 
WESTERN SANDPIPER. 
Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis BeLpING, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 545 (Cape 
Region). : 
Ereunetes occidentalis Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., Il. 1889, 272 (Cape 
Region). 
Mr. Belding gives this species without remarks in his list of birds noted be- 
tween December 15, 1881, and May 17,1882. Mr. Frazar found it only at San 
José del Cabo, where it was abundant during the last week of August and most 
of September, the last specimen being taken on the 30th of the latter month. 
Mr. Bryant mentions seeing “a few in a flock of T. minutilla” at Magdalena 
Bay, and adds that Mr. Belding found it abundant at San Quintin Bay “ May 
2, 1882, but rare by May 10.” Mr. Grinnell states that it visits the coast 
of Los Angeles county, California, “in immense flocks during September and 
april.” 4 
The Western Sandpiper breeds in Alaska, and winters on the coast of Central 
America.” 
1 Pub. II. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 17. 
2 Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidae, 1888, 404. 
