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12. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper.— This species was not 
seen on the islands in 1910, and in 1911 was first seen, on Charity Island, 
on July 27. When the keepers saw the specimen they both said they had 
seen and taken some in May 1911. Their absence in 1910 may have been 
due to the fact that they had passed south before our arrival, on August 
16, as the species was seen at Oak Point, on the mainland, on August 24, 
but not after that date. 
13. Pisobia bairdii. Baird’s Sandpiper. — This is no doubt a not un- 
common fall migrant all along the shores of the Great Lakes. 3 , 4 The 
writer saw one on July 9 on Light-House Point, Charity Island, in company 
with two semipalmated sandpipers. No more were seen although care- 
fully looked for among the few small flocks of waders that arrived at differ- 
ent times in July. 
14. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — This species is one of the 
very earliest of the fall migrants and was first seen at Light-House Point, 
Charity Island, on July 10. Two more were seen at this time in company 
with semipalmated sandpipers. The species did not become common on 
Charity Island but was occasionally seen with other small waders. 
15. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. — This species 
was not seen on the islands by the writer, and the keepers did not know 
the bird by name. However, they sent a fine adult female to the Museum, 
May 25, 1911, and shot another about June 1. In the A. 0. U. Check-List 
the status of this species is given as “rare in migration in the interior of 
the United States except about the southern end of Lake Michigan.” If 
not equally common throughout the Great Lakes region it certainly is not 
rare, as the following will show. Taverner says for Point Pelee 5 “It is 
a late migrant both spring and fall, and is likely both regular and common 
in its occurrence at the Point.” The writer found this species common 
from Oct. 1 to Oct. 13, 1909, at Point Pelee, flocks of them feeding on the 
bare mud flats in company with Wilson snipe and killcleer. .lones 6 records 
it both spring and fall at Cedar Point and says “There is every reason for 
believing that this sandpiper has been regularly overlooked, and that it 
occurs in each migration in fair numbers.” Todd says for Erie County, 
Pa. 7 “quite common as a transient visitor in the fall, but rare in the spring.” 
He speaks of extensive flights in former years and of the great numbers 
killed. “At the present time numerous small flocks are seen sometimes 
as early as Oct. 2.” This species also occurs throughout the interior of 
southern Michigan and has been taken as early as Sept. 28 (1907) and as 
late as Oct. 10 (1908) at Ann Arbor. A specimen from Kalamazoo in the 
Museum was taken May 25, 1878. 
16. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — This sandpiper was 
the earliest migrant seen on the islands, as two were noted on the point 
near the Charity Island Light-House on the morning of July 9. These 
passed on the next day and no more were seen until July 19, when a flock 
of about fifteen came to the island. After this date it was present during 
our stay. 
3 Jones, Lynds. ‘‘It was common on August 30, 1890, at Oak Point. I feel confident that this 
sandpiper is fairly regular in its migration across this region.” Birds of Cedar Point. Wilson Bulletin, 
1909, p. 126. 
4 Taverner P. A. ‘‘On August 24, 1907, we found it almost common. Every bunch nearly of small 
waders that we saw contained one or more. We never found them in flocks by themselves.” Birds 
of Point Pelee. Wilson Bulletin, 1907, p. 85. 
' r ’\Vilson Bulletin, 1907, p. 85. 
‘■Birds of Cedar Point. Wilson Bulletin. 1909, p. 127. 
"The Birds of Erie and Presque He, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 
Vol. II, p. 541. 
