The Spotted Sandpiper 



Taken in Siskiyou County 



Photo by the Author 



LAKE ELAINE: A NESTING HAUNT OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER 



MT. SHASTA IN THE DISTANCE 



from southern California, Texas, and South Carolina, south to Brazil, Bolivia, and 

 Peru. 



Distribution in California. — Common migrant. Resident in summer along 

 larger streams and upon lakes of the Sierra Nevada system, at least as far south as the 

 Cottonwood Lakes (alt. 11,000) ("Spring" arrival, July 14, 1911), and irregularly along 

 major streams of the coastal system south to Ventura County. Sparingly resident 

 in winter upon the coasts and islands of the San Diegan district and in the valley of 

 the lower Colorado River. 



Authorities. — Cassin {Tringoides macularius), in Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., 

 vol. ix., 1858, p. 735 (Ft. Tejon; Sacramento Valley; Dwight, Auk, vol. xvii., 1900, 

 p. 372 (molt); van Rossem, Condor, vol. xxii., 1920, p. 39 (Kern Lake, Tulare Co., breed- 

 ing). 



THE TEMPTATION to try out nicknames on this, the best dis- 

 tributed and possibly the most familiar American Shore-bird, is almost 

 irresistible. If I were given first choice, I would choose Bird-in-love-with- 

 his-shadow — even though that be an augmented instead of a "nicked" 

 name. Like a second Narcissus, this familiar little Sandpiper loves to 

 linger at the water's edge; and even if it be conceded that he has other 



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