﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  313 
  

  

  Locust 
  Grove, 
  Lewis 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  11, 
  1885. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Henshaw, 
  Auk, 
  2: 
  384 
  

  

  Mt 
  Sinai 
  harbor, 
  L. 
  L 
  d^ 
  and 
  9- 
  Sept. 
  2, 
  1887. 
  (Helme). 
  Butcher 
  

  

  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  27, 
  1888. 
  Morris 
  M. 
  Green, 
  Auk, 
  6: 
  68 
  

  

  Moriches, 
  L. 
  L 
  Aug. 
  26, 
  1890. 
  (Lewis). 
  Butcher 
  

  

  Seaside 
  Park, 
  L. 
  L 
  Sept. 
  29, 
  1894. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Taylor, 
  Auk, 
  12: 
  179 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  L 
  Oct. 
  31, 
  1894. 
  Braislin, 
  Auk, 
  16: 
  191 
  

  

  Easthampton, 
  L. 
  L 
  Sept. 
  17, 
  1895. 
  Vaughan, 
  Auk, 
  13: 
  80 
  

  

  Waterport, 
  Orleans 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  3, 
  1895. 
  Posson, 
  Auk, 
  16: 
  194 
  

  

  Lakeside 
  Park, 
  Orleans 
  co. 
  Aug. 
  20, 
  1898; 
  Sept. 
  8, 
  1898; 
  Sept. 
  16, 
  1898. 
  Posson, 
  Auk, 
  

  

  16: 
  194 
  

   Canandaigua, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  cJ' 
  . 
  Nov. 
  20, 
  1895. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Eaton 
  

  

  2 
  c?. 
  Oct. 
  6, 
  1900. 
  

   Oneida 
  Lake, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  4, 
  1897. 
  Bagg, 
  Auk, 
  17: 
  178 
  

   Verona 
  Beach. 
  Sept. 
  5, 
  1899. 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  Orleans 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  8, 
  1898; 
  Oct. 
  18, 
  1899. 
  Bavid 
  Bruce 
  

   Montauk, 
  L. 
  L 
  Aug. 
  14-17, 
  1907. 
  (5). 
  Braislin, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  p. 
  60 
  

   Rye 
  Beach, 
  N. 
  H. 
  Aug. 
  26, 
  1880. 
  (2 
  spec). 
  Henr}^ 
  M. 
  Spelman, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  6: 
  61 
  

   New 
  Haven, 
  Conn. 
  Oct. 
  28, 
  1887 
  ; 
  Oct. 
  19, 
  1889, 
  d" 
  . 
  Woodruff, 
  Auk, 
  7: 
  89 
  

   Erie, 
  Pa. 
  Sept. 
  5-29, 
  1900. 
  "Moderately 
  common." 
  Todd, 
  p. 
  540 
  

  

  " 
  Aug. 
  24, 
  1892; 
  Sept. 
  16, 
  1893; 
  Sept. 
  i, 
  7, 
  1894; 
  Oct. 
  5, 
  1894; 
  Oct. 
  3, 
  1895; 
  

  

  Sept. 
  II, 
  1897; 
  Aug. 
  22, 
  1902; 
  Sept. 
  I, 
  5, 
  1902. 
  (Bacon). 
  Todd, 
  p. 
  540 
  

  

  Pisobia 
  minutilla 
  (Vieillot) 
  

  

  (Ac 
  t 
  odromas 
  minutilla 
  on 
  plate) 
  

  

  Least 
  Sandpiper 
  

  

  Plate 
  35 
  

  

  Tringa 
  minutilla 
  Vieillot. 
  Nouv. 
  Bict. 
  d'Hist. 
  Nat. 
  1819. 
  34:452 
  

   Tringa 
  pusilla 
  BeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  244, 
  fig. 
  207, 
  208 
  

   Tringa 
  minutilla 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  242 
  

  

  minutil'la, 
  Lat. 
  diminutive 
  of 
  minutus, 
  small 
  

  

  Description. 
  Our 
  smallest 
  sandpiper, 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  Pectoral 
  

   sandpiper 
  in 
  color, 
  but 
  brighter 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  in 
  summer 
  and 
  less 
  heavily 
  

   streaked 
  on 
  the 
  breast; 
  in 
  winter 
  not 
  so 
  bright, 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  being 
  plain 
  

   brownish 
  gray 
  with 
  dusky 
  shaft 
  streaks. 
  

  

  Length 
  5-6.75 
  inches; 
  extent 
  11; 
  wing 
  3.5-3.75; 
  tail 
  1.75-2 
  ; 
  tarsus 
  .75; 
  

   bill 
  .75-.9- 
  

  

  The 
  Least 
  sandpiper, 
  Little 
  peep, 
  or 
  Oxeye, 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  migrant 
  along 
  

   our 
  coast 
  and 
  inland 
  waters. 
  It 
  contests 
  with 
  the 
  Semipalmated 
  sandpiper 
  

   the 
  place 
  for 
  greatest 
  abundance 
  among 
  our 
  shore 
  birds, 
  at 
  least 
  along 
  the 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  coast. 
  On 
  our 
  inland 
  lakes 
  and 
  rivers 
  perhaps 
  the 
  Yellow 
  -legs, 
  

  

  