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was found in the collection made there by Mr. C. J. Anderson, and carefully 
identified. 
Mr. Nelson regarded this species as, in his experience, a rather uncommon migrant 
in Northeastern Illinois, during the middle of May, and again in the last of August 
and the first of September. It was generally found in small parties or singly, in 
company with other species of Sandpipers ; but it was occasionally seen in large 
flocks. The same writer, in his Notes on the Birds observed by him on the Humboldt 
River, near Elko, Nevada, states that several flocks of Baird’s Sandpiper were noticed 
on the small sandbars along the river, and that a single example was obtained. 
Dr. James C. Merrill mentions that two specimens, both females, were taken by 
him on the Lower Rio Grande, March 30, 1876, on a sandbar in the river. 
This species was found breeding on the Barren Grounds, June 24, by Mr. Mac- 
Farlane. The nest had been made on the ground in a swampy district, between two 
small lakes, and was composed of a few decayed leaves laid loosely in a small hole 
or depression, shaded by a tuft of grass. The female bird glided from the nest on 
being approached, passing closely to him, and then fluttered along, drooping her 
wings as if wounded, endeavoring thus to lead him away from the nest. This was a 
rare bird in that quarter. The eggs of this species are usually four in number. 
One set (S. I. No. 14085) exhibit the following measurements: 1.40 by .99, 1.35 by 
1.02, 1.32 by .98, and 1.31 by .98. Their ground-color is a light drab, generally and 
very uniformly sprinkled with dottings, spots, and a few larger confluent blotches of 
a bright sepia brown. These are occasionally larger, and a little more numerous at 
the obtuse end, but generally are distributed with very little difference over the 
whole surface of the egg. 
Actodromas maculata. 
THE PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 
Tringa maculata, Vieill. Rouv. Diet. XXXIV. 1819, 465. — Cass, in Baird’s B. R. Am. 1858, 
720. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 531. — Cotjes, Key, 1872, 255 ; Check List, 1873, no. 
420 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 486. 
Actodromas maculata, Coues, Pr. Ac. Rat. Sci. Philad. 1861, 197, 230 ; Check List, 2d ed. 1882, 
no. 616. — Ridgw. Rom. R. Am. B. 1881, no. 534. 
Pelidna pectoralis, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 50. 
Tringa pectoralis. Say, Long’s Exp. I. 1823, 171. — Rutt. Man. II. 1834, 111. — Aim. Orn. Biog. 
III. 1835, 601 ; V. 1839, 582, pi. 294 ; Synop. 1839, 232 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 259, pi. 329. 
Tringa dominicensis, Degl. Orn. Ear. II. 1849, 232. 
Hab. The whole of North, and the greater part of South, America, ranging south in winter 
to Southern Brazil and Chili ; West Indies in general ; Bermudas ; frequent in Europe ; North 
China ? (Swinh. “ Ibis,” 1863, 97). Breeds in Arctic regions. 
Sp. Char. Adult in summer : Above, light clay-color, the crown, back, scapulars, and tertials 
