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a number were seen and one killed March L6. Mr. Nelson saw one at 

 the head of the Canada de las Uvas and another at Buena Vista Lake, 

 California, in October, and found the speeies not common, but generally 

 distributed along the coast marshes between San Simeon and Carpen- 

 teria in Nov ember and December. 



Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



Least sandpipers were seen in a few places only. Mr. Nelson reported 

 the species as common on the shores of Owens Lake in December, 1890, 

 and along the coast from San Simeon to Carpenteria the following 

 autumn. Two small flocks were seen about an alkaline pond at Hot 

 Springs in Panamint Valley, and a specimen was secured April 22. 

 Near Bakers field one was flushed from an old irrigating ditch July 19, 

 and Mr. Nelson saw several near a small pond on the east side of M ount 

 Pihos, in the latter part of October. 



Ereunetes occidentalis. Western Sandpiper. 



The western sandpiper was seen in a few localities only. Dr. Merriam 

 shot a specimen out of a flock of four in the Virgin Valley, Nevada, 

 just below the mouth of the Muddy, May 6, and Mr. Stephens found 

 the. species rather common along the shore of Little Owens Lake, Cali- 

 fornia, May 6-11. The writer found several in company with snowy 

 plovers, at Keeler, on the shore of Owens Lake the 1st of June. Mr. 

 Nelson reported it as common along the shores of Morro Bay in Novem- 

 ber. 



Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. 



Mr. Bailey secured a specimen of this wader at Monterey, Calif., 

 October 3. 



Limosa fedoa. Marbled God wit. 



Mr. Nelson reported this godwit as common at Morro Bay, on the 

 coast of California, in November. 



Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. 



Mr. Nelson reported several small parties of greater yellow-legs about 

 the ponds at Lone Pine, Calif., in December, 1890, and found the spe- 

 cies common at Morro Bay the following November. 



Symphemia semipalmata inornata. Western Willet. 



Mr. Nelson found the willet common at Morro Bay, Calif., in No- 

 vember. 



Het.eractitis incanus. Wandering Tattler. 



The wandering tattler was common at Monterey, where Mr. Bailey 

 secured a specimen October 3. 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. 



This species was not rare near the permanent streams. Dr. Merriam 

 found it along several of the water courses in the southern part of the 

 Great Basin, where two were found at the Great Bend of the Colorado 



