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Actodromas maculata (Vieill.). 

 Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Common autumnal transient visitor. 



This species is a common migrant on the east and south coasts of 

 Labrador after the middle of August. It is not known to breed in the 

 peninsula. We obtained the skin of one from the Eskimos at Hope- 

 dale. 



Actodromas fuscicollis (Vieill.). 



White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Common transient visitor. 



Stearns was probably mistaken in supposing that "a few breed" in 

 southern Labrador, as this species is not known to nest even in Ungava 

 (Turner). The fall migration is under way early in July. Stearns 

 notes a specimen as late as October 8th, on the south shore. We saw 

 two flocks of these birds of twenty or thirty each at Battle Harbor on 

 August 1st and 2d. One of the flocks was waiting quietly for the fall 

 of tide on the weed-grown ledges. 



Actodromas minutilla (Vieill.). 

 Least Sandpiper. 



Common summer resident and abundant transient visitor. 



Low found the Least Sandpiper nesting commonly on the upper 

 Hamilton River, and Turner supposed that a few might breed about 

 the mouth of the Koksoak River. Audubon found a nest and four 

 eggs in southern Labrador on July 20, 1833, but as he says, this is 

 probably a late date for eggs, since full-grown young in flocks are 

 seen already moving south in the first week of August. Frazar found 

 small flocks "all through the summer" in southern Labrador. Coues 

 states that they were still abundant on the south coast on September 

 1st. At Battle Harbor, where no birds were found breeding, we 

 saw the first migrant on July 26th, a single bird feeding on the edge 

 of a little pool. 



