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8 THE CONDOR Vol. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dowitcher. Abundant spring and fall migrant. Spring: March 10 to May 2, 1910. Fall: July 18, 1910, to November 1, 1911. A specimen taken by Mr. W. Leon Dawson on August 11, 1911, was the only one seen by us this fall that was still in nuptial plumage. Nearly every day flocks of from three to forty-one individuals were present. They showed the greatest preference for the tide marsh, while none at all were seen on the ocean beachcs. This was one of the tamest species noted, being almost, if not quite, as confiding as the Least and Western Sandpipers. Tringa canutus. Knot. Seen only during the fall of 1911. The first seen were two males that were collected by Mr. Bowles on the ocean beach August 21. Two more were seen on the 29th; one of them collected still had considerab. le reddish on the breast. One bird was seen on the 30th, another September 5, and still another on the 7th, which last stayed in the same locality for at least three days. There is no spring record for this species in southern California, and we have been unable to find any for the state. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. Rare, but evidently a regular spring and fall migrant. Mr. Bowles saw one April 14, and ?:another September 8, 1910, the latter being collected on the following day. This bird was, on both oc- casions, feeding on the ocean beach with ?some Killdeer, a most unusual situation for this lover of the grassy marshes. On " September 20, 1909, Mr. Torrey ! fP' ? saw three together, his latest ,. '-- date being September 23, 1909 ?* (CONDOR xII, 1910, p. 45). At least two individuals were seen in 1911, one August 18 on the beach, the other August 20 at Goleta. What we believe to have been the same bird as the Fig. 3. RED PI-IALAROPE WADING last mentioned stayed at least until September 20. Pisobia bairdi. Baird Safidpiper. Regular fall migrant; sometimes common. Not recorded in the spring. Fall: August 10, 1910, to September 7, 1911. Mr. Howell collected our first specimen of this species on August 11, 1911, feeding with a flock of Least Sandpipers. During 1910 Mr. Bowles saw only seven, but this year they were common on the flats and at Goleta, though none were seen on the tide marsh. They fed with the smaller sandpipers at times. though perhaps more often off by themselves, while once at our arrival three of them left the slough with a party of Killdeer to feed on the higher beach. Three or four could be found at any time between August 11 and September 4, while at least twelve, of which nine were in one flock, were on the flats September 2. As with the Knot, there seems to be no state record of this bird occuring in the spring. There seems to have been very little systematic collecting of shore birds done in the spring on this coast, but there remains a strong possibility of these two species having a different spring route to the north than by way of the California coast.