60 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 



earliest May 2, 1896 (White); southern Wisconsin, average May 

 6, earliest April 25, 1897 (Russel); Lanesboro, Minn., average 

 May 6, earliest April 24, 1888 (Hvoslef) ; near San Antonio, 

 Tex., average April 17, earliest March 25, 1880 (Brown); central 

 Kansas, average May 2, earliest April 23, 1885 (Kellogg); Har- 

 risburg, N. Dak., average May 5, earliest May 3, 1904 (Eastgate); 

 Aweme, Manitoba, average May 13, earliest May 9, 1906 (Griddle) ; 

 Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1, 1882 (Allen and Brewster); Terry, 

 Mont., May 7, 1903, May 9, 1904 (Cameron); Athabaska Landing, 

 Alberta, May 5, 1901 (Preble); Sandy Creek, Alberta, May 14, 1903 

 (Preble); Fort Providence, Mackenzie, Ma}^ 14, 1905 (Jones); Fort 

 Simpson, Mackenzie. May 10, 1904 (Preble); Great Bear Lake, May 

 14, 1826 (Richardson); Fort Steilacoom, Wash., May 6, 1856 (Suck- 

 ley); Chilliwack, British Columbia, May 7, 1888 (Brooks); Nulato, 

 Alaska, May 15, 1867, May 18, 1868 (Dall) ; Kowak River, Alaska, 

 May 18, 1899 (Grinnell). 



One of the parties of the Biological Survey took downy young 

 June 23, 1903, at Charlie Creek, Alaska (Osgood); eggs are reported 

 from central Alberta, June 24, 1908, June 15, 1908, June 1 and June 

 9, 1909 (Thayer and Arnold), and young in the nest were found June 

 19, 1908, at Stony Plain, Alberta (Stansell). 



Fall migration. — Early dates in the fall south of the breeding 

 range are: Washington, D. C, average July 21, earliest July 15, 

 1899 (Howell); Raleigh, N. C, average July 25, earliest July 14; 

 1894 (Brimley) ; Key West, Fla., July 28, 1888 (Scott); New Orleans, 

 La., July 20, 1899 (Kopman); Kerrville, Tex., July 20, 1903 (Lacey); 

 Camp Apache, Ariz., July 29, 1873 (Henshaw); Bermudas, July 



19, 1874 (Reid); St. Croix, West Indies, July 26, 1857 (Newton); 

 San Jose del Cabo, Lower California, August 25, 1887 (Brewster); 

 near Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20, 1880 (Barrows). 



Dates of the last seen are: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Septem- 

 ber 13, 1889 (Brooks); Aweme, Manitoba, September 18, 1904 (Crid- 

 dle); Chicago, 111., October 6, 1899 (Gault); Lincoln, Nebr., October 



20, 1900 (Wolcott); Ottawa, Ontario, October 31, 1906 (White); 

 Hillsboro, Iowa, October 20, 1899 (Savage); Delavan, Wis., October 

 20, 1892 (Hollister); Lexington, Ky., October 23, 1904 (Dean); 

 Pictou, Nova Scotia, October 8, 1894 (Hickman); Scotch Lake, 

 New Brunswick, October 5, 1901 (Moore); southwestern Maine, 

 October 21, 1904 (Norton); Renovo, Pa., October 14, 1897 (Pierce); 

 Chesapeake Beach, Md., November 2, 1906 (Riley); Beaver, Pa., 

 November 28, 1901 (Todd). 



Western Solitary Sandpiper. Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus (Brewst.). 



The western solitary sandpiper occurs in western North America 

 and ranges at least as far east as Great Slave Lake (Preble), Atha- 

 baska Lake (Preble), the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains 



