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in Colorado (Henshaw), and to central Texas (Gaut). It migrates 
throughout western Mexico and east''to Veracruz (Sartorius) and 
Tehuantepec (Sumichrast). :. As ede stated, the’ winter range 
has not yet been determined. 
Green Sandpiper. ‘ Helodromas ocrophius (Linn. Hes 
The green sandpiper, an Old’ World ‘species, is widely distributed 
breeding from the Pyrenees to southern Siberia, principally in the 
mountains. It. winters from southern Europe and Japan, through- 
out Africa, and to: Ceylon. It is supposed to have occurred at Hali- 
fax, Nova Scotia (Harting), and in the Hudson Bay i s 
territory (N uttall) , but the evidence i is not conclusive. 
Wood Sandpiper. Rhyacophilug glareola (Linn, i 
The wood sandpiper is one of the best. known of. the ‘Old World 
sandpipers. It breeds over most of. Europe and Asia from the valley 
of the Danube and northern China to the Arctic coast. It .winters 
from the Mediterranean and India to southern Africa and the Malay 
Archipelago. The only record of the species in North America. is 
that of a single specimen, taken May 27, 1894, on Sanak Island, 
Alaska (Littlejohn). 
Willet. Bateindgtioné semipalmatus (Gmel. ie 
Breeding range.—The breeding range, of the willet on, nthe AiGatic 
coast has become much restricted, of late years: Formerly it bred 
north, commonly to: New Jersey (Giraud), and rarely to Sable Island 
(eggs in United States: National .Museum), Yarmouth (Bryant), 
and Halifax (Brewer), Nova Scotia. It still breeds. rather commonly. 
on the islands off the coast of. Virginia (Dutcher),.and a few may 
breed in extreme southern New Jersey, but probably at present no 
willets breed. between there and, Nova Scotia, where in 1903 it was 
reported abundant , at Barrington (Trotter). At. breeds. along’ the 
south Atlantic coast to Florida (Scott), in Louisiana (Bent), and 
throughout the Bahamas (Bonhote). . 
Winter range.—On the Pacific coast it migrates in, winter to, Santa 
Lucia, southern. Peru (Taczanowski), and on the Atlantic coast: 
to the Amazon River (Pelzeln). It occurs also i in winter in northern, 
South America (Queleki), the Lesser and the Greater Antilles, the, 
Bahamas (Bonhote), Florida (Worthington), and casually i in South 
Carolina (Hoxie). 
Spring migration.—The. willet’ starts north in March. Some dates 
of spring arrival are: Hog Island, Virginia, average April 12, earliest 
April 7, 1888 (Doughty); southern New Jersey; average April 19, 
earliest ‘April 6, 1877 (Scott); Erie, Pa., April 24, 1902 (Todd). The 
species has been: recorded ‘in migration to Newfoundland (Reeks), 
but it is not known to breed on that island. 
Eggs have been taken in the Bahamas’ from May 15 (Cory) to 
July 6 (Allen); Sapelo Island, Georgia, April 22, 1888 (specimens in 
