. Distribution and migration of North American shore birds. -- . nce between Peruand Texas. In the State of Texas the species was noted April 22,1887, in Refugio County (Sennett), and April 23, 1877, at Gainesville(Ragsdale). The first were seen at Fort Chipewyan, May 24, 1901(Preble); Fort Simpson, May 29, 1860 (Ross); Yukon delta. May 30,1879 (Nelson); St. Michael, May 31, 1880 (Nelson); Point Barrow,June 8, 1882 (Murdoch), and June 6, 1883 (Murdoch). Eggs were taken on the Barren Grounds near Franklin Bay, June26, 1864, and June 28, 1865 (MacFarlane); and at Point Barrow,June 18, 1883 (Murd
. Distribution and migration of North American shore birds. -- . nce between Peruand Texas. In the State of Texas the species was noted April 22,1887, in Refugio County (Sennett), and April 23, 1877, at Gainesville(Ragsdale). The first were seen at Fort Chipewyan, May 24, 1901(Preble); Fort Simpson, May 29, 1860 (Ross); Yukon delta. May 30,1879 (Nelson); St. Michael, May 31, 1880 (Nelson); Point Barrow,June 8, 1882 (Murdoch), and June 6, 1883 (Murdoch). Eggs were taken on the Barren Grounds near Franklin Bay, June26, 1864, and June 28, 1865 (MacFarlane); and at Point Barrow,June 18, 1883 (Murdoch). Fall migration.—The fall migration of this species and of mostother waders begins in July, and so rapidh^ do the birds move souththat they have been noted the last of this month in Nebraska (Bruner,Wolcott, and Swenk); Gainesville, Tex., August 4, 1883 (Ragsdale);San Jose, Costa Rica, September 7, 1890 (Cherrie); and Cienega,Colombia, September 12, 1898 (Allen). The southern part of the Bui. 35, Biological Survey, U. 5, Dept. of Agriculture. Plate SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 69 winter range in Argentina is reached early in October (Sclater andHudson). A very early migrant was taken August 3, at Pebas,Peru (Sharpe). Usually the species is rare east of the MississippiRiver, but several flocks were seen August 16-18, 1874, at Maywood,111., near Chicago (Fisher). Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia (Linn.).Breeding range.—Few shorebirds have so extended a breedingrange as the spotted sandpiper. It nests north to Newfoundland(Reeks), the northernmost part of Ungava (Turner), northernMackenzie (Fort Anderson; MacFarlane), northern Alaska at FortYukon (Lockhart), and to the Kowak Valley in northwestern Alaska(Townsend). It breeds south to northern South Carolina (ChesterCounty; Loomis), central Alabama (Greensboro; Avery), southernLouisiana (New Orleans; Beyer), central Texas (Lacey), southernNew Mexico (Carlisle; Barrell), central Arizona (San FranciscoMountains; Mearns), and
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