38 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 
extending from near the mouth of the Mackenzie‘east to the southern 
end of Baffin Land. sete a 
Winter range.—Few species of shorebirds have so. many records 
for Patagonia as the white-rumped, and this is.also one of the species: 
that is erroneously said to breed in the Southern Hemisphere. It 
winters abundantly from Paraguay and Argentina to the Falkland 
Islands (Sclater and Salvin) and the southern coast of Tierra del 
Fuego (Schalow). It is rare or casual on the coast of Chile (Gay) 
and unknown. on the rest of the western coast of South America, 
except one seen at Chorillos, Peru (Taczanowski), and one taken 
October 12, 1864, near Hinrnarcentan, Peru peers in United 
States N uffonal Museum). 
Migration range.—During niipratton the i teeeatiell sandpiper 
is common along the whole eastern coast of South America, in the 
West Indies, and in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. 
The western edge of the migration route extends from the upper 
Mackenzie through western Saskatchewan and eastern Colorado: to 
the coast of southern Texas and then turns east to northern Yucatan 
and the island of Trinidad. The species is only an accidental visi- 
tant to Mexico (Salvin), Central America, and the whole of north- 
western South America. Accidental.once in California (Bryant) 
and several times in Europe. 
Spring migration.—The species arrives in Cuba in April (Gundlach). 
‘and has been recorded in northern Yucatan April 15 (Salvin). Nearly. 
all the dates of arrival in the United States are in May, from Florida. 
to Maine and from Massachusetts to Colorado. The first was seen at 
Indian Head, Saskatchewan, May 9, 1892 (Macoun); Fort Chipew- 
yan, Alberta, May 30, 1893 (Russell) Fort Resolution, Mackenzie, 
May 19, 1860 (Kennicott); Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, May 22, 1904 
(itrig). There are indications that the larger number pass north i in 
spring by way of the Mississippi Valley and return in fall along the 
Atlantic coast; but some individuals are found on the Atlantic coast 
in spring, though rare north of Virginia, and a few occur in the eastern 
Mississippi Valley in fall. The most surprising feature of this bird’s 
migration is its late stay in spring south of its breeding grounds. 
Near Cape Horn, South America, it was abundant the winter of 
1882-83 and remained until March 7, 1883 (Oustalet). It remains in 
southeastern Argentina until late April (Holland), and a single speci- 
men was taken at Colonia, Uruguay, in June (Sharpe). The species 
remains regularly in Brazil until May (Pelzeln); one was taken on 
Inagua. Bahamas, May 27. 1879 (Cory); Amelia Island, Florida, 
May 30, 1906 (Worthington) ; Erie, Pa., June 4, 1875 (Sennett); 
Stafford. County, Kans., June 6, 1907 (Peabody); Waukegan, Iil.,. 
June 9, 1876 (Nelson); Toronto, Ontario, June 21, 1898 (Nash); and 
at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, the last ‘did not leave for the north 
until July 1, 1892 (Macoun). 
