March, i8g8. Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles County. l' 



87 — 2JO. Gallinago delicata (Ord). 



Wilson's Snipe. 

 Abundant game bird in fall, winter and spring, on grass}-^ swamps 

 and wet pastures. 



88 — 233. Macrorhamphus scolopaceiis (Say). 



Lor)g-billed Dowltcher. 

 Common winter visitant. Perhaps most often taken in earh- spring. 

 89 — 24.2. Tringa minutilla Vieill. 



Least Sandpiper. 

 A common winter visitant. Generally seen on margins of ponds 

 or sloughs in small scattering companies. 



90 — 2^ja. Tringa alpifia pacifica (Coues). 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 

 Common migrant and scarcely less numerous through the winter- 

 Usually observed in good-sized flocks on the sea beach at the mouth of 

 a slough or "river." W. H. Wakeley has specimens in the bright 

 summer plumage, taken at a pond near Pasadena early in May. 



91 — 24.J. Emmetes occidentalis Lawr. 



Westero Sandpiper. 

 Appears along the coast in immense flocks during September and 

 April. G. F. Morcom has noted this species in July. 



92 — 2^8. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 



Sanderling. 



Common throughout the winter in flocks on the sandy sea 

 beaches. It remains common until the middle of May, and H. S. 

 Swarth has taken specimens at Redondo as late as June 4 ('97). 

 93 — 24.^. Limosafedoa (Linn.). 



Marbled Godwit. 



Noted occasionally along the coast during the migrations. 

 94 — 2^4. Tota?ius melanoleucus (Gmel.). 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



Tolerably common winter visitant. Generally flushed from the 

 margins of fresh water ponds and sloughs. G. F. Morcom saw this 

 bird at Nigger Slough, June 19 ('97), and H. S. Swarth has observed 

 it in Jul)'. These were probably stragglers, as there is no evidence of 

 their breeding. 



95 — 2^6a. Totanus solHarius cin7iamomeus Brewst. 

 Western) Solitary Sandpiper. 



Common migrant on the interior lowlands. W. B. Judson reports 

 it as numerous along the Los Angeles River in the fall. He took the 

 earliest specimen, Aug. 27 ('95). H. S. Swarth has taken it in the 

 .spring near Los Angeles from April 21 to May 2 ('97). 



96 — 258a. Symphemia semipalmaia inornata Brewst. 



Western Willet. 

 Common migrant and occasional through the winter on the tide 

 marshes along the coast. I took specimens near San Pedro, Sept. 3, '97. 



