Local Names of-Migratory Game Birds. 55 
240. White-rumped Sandpiper (Pisobia fuscicollis). 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds along the Arctic coast from northwestern Mackenzi 
(N. W. T.) to Camberland Island; has occurred in summer west to Point Barrow and aE Geet: 
winters from Paraguay to southern Patagonia and the Falkland Islands; in migration most abundant 
in the Mississippi Valley, less so on the Atlantic coast; casualin Bermuda, Great Britain, the West Indies 
and Central America. : 
Vernacular names.—In general use: None. In local use: Big oxeye (Long Id., 
N. Y.); bull peep (Mass.); sand-bird (Labr.); sand peep (N. S.); whiterump (Long 
Id., N. Y.); white-rumped peep (Mass.); white-tailed sea-chicken (N. ©.): white- 
tailed stib (Mass.). ; ‘¢ 
Book names.—Bonaparte’s sandpiper, maubéche & croupion blanc (white-rumped 
sandpiper), Schinz’s sandpiper. 
241. Baird Sandpiper (Pisobia bairdii). 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds along the Arctic coast from Point Barrow to northern 
Keewatin (N. W. T.); wintersin Caile, Argentina, and Patagonia; occurs regularly in migration from the 
Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi Hiver, and in Certral America and northern South America, and 
irregularly in autumn on the Pacific coast from Alaska to Lower California and on the Atlantic coast from 
A exe Scotia to New Jersey; casual in summer in Guerrero, Mexico; accidental in England and South 
rica. 
Book names.—Baird’s snipe, maubéche de Baird (Baird’s sandpiper). 
242. Least Sandpiper (Pisobia minutilla). 
_ Range.—North and South America. Breeds from northwestern Alaska, southern Arctic islands, and 
northern Ungava (Que.) to Yakutat Bay, Alaska, valley of the Upper Yukon, northern Mackenzie 
(N. W. T.), central Keewatin (N. W. T.), southern Ungava (Que.), Nova Scotia, and Sable Island; win- 
ters from California, Texas, and North Caro!ina through the West Indies and Central America to Brazil, 
Chile, and the Galapagos; in migration occurs throughout the United States and west to northeastern 
Siberia and the Commander Islands, north to Greenland, and in Bermuda; accidentalin Europe. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Peep. é 
In local use-—Bumble-bee (N. J., Va.); bumble-bee peep (Mass.); gunwad (Va.); 
hawk’s-eye (Mass.); jacksnipe (Calif.); little birds (Va.); little peep (N. Y.); little 
sandpiper (Tex.); marsh peep (Me.); meadow oxeye (N. Y.); mud peep (Mass.); 
mud-suckers (N. J., Va.); oxeye (N. Y., N. J., Md., Va.); pea-snipe (Ind.); penny- 
winkle (Va.); petite alouette (little lark, i. e., sea-lark or shore-bird) (Que.); petite 
becassine (little snipe) (La.); pigmies (Calif.); sand-birds (Me.); sand peep (Long 
Id., N. Y., Calif.); sand snipe (Md.); smallest sea-chicken (N. C.); stint (Ont., Man., 
BoCs): : 
Cee inder.—B. C., stint; Calif., jacksnipe, pigmies, sand peep; Ind., pea- 
snipe; La., petite becassine; Me., marsh peep, sand-birds; Man., stint; Md., oxeye, 
sand snipe; MJass., bumble-bee peep, hawk’s-eye, mud peep; NV. /., bumblebee, mud- 
suckers, oxeye; NV. Y., little peep, meadow oxeye, oxeye, sand peep; JN. C., smallest 
sea-chicken; Ont., stint; Que., petite alouette; Tex., little sandpiper; Va., bumble- 
bee, gunwad, little birds, mud-suckers, oxeye, pennywinkle. 
BOOK NAMES. 
American stint, diminutive sandpiper, green-legged peep, humility, least peep, 
little sand-peep, maubéche de Wilson (Wilson’s sandpiper), petite alouette de mer 
(little sea-lark), pigmy sandpiper, Wilson’s sandpiper, Wilson's stint. 
242.1 Long-toed Stint (Pisobia subminuta”’). 
: F . : a Gs ati: 1 Kuril Islands; winters 
Range.—Eastern Asia to Australia. Breeds in eastern Siberia, Kamchatka, and Kuril stands; tel 
in fare Burma, Malay Archipelago, and Austraiia; accidental on Otter Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 
Names.—No vernacular names are known for this species. 
242.2 Rufous-necked Sandpiper (Pisobia rujicollis). 
Range—Breeds in northeastern Siberia; ranges southward in migration 
western Alaska. 
Names.—No vernacular names are known. 
as far as Australia; casual in 
26 Pisobia damacensis. 
