. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Pectoral Sandpiper Requires careful distinction from succeeding species, which is Taken in Monterey County distinctive for size, one-third smaller. Nesting.—Does not breed in California. Nest: A depression in the ground or tundra. Eggs: 4; pale olive-buff to deep olive-buff, heavily marked, spotted, and blotched with brownish black and sepia, the darker markings often heavily shadowed by sepia or light brownish olive. Av. size x (
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Pectoral Sandpiper Requires careful distinction from succeeding species, which is Taken in Monterey County distinctive for size, one-third smaller. Nesting.—Does not breed in California. Nest: A depression in the ground or tundra. Eggs: 4; pale olive-buff to deep olive-buff, heavily marked, spotted, and blotched with brownish black and sepia, the darker markings often heavily shadowed by sepia or light brownish olive. Av. size x ( x ); index Season: June; one brood. General Range.—Northeastern Siberia, the whole of North America and the West Indies and the greater part of South America. Breeds in the Arctic regions. Of frequent occurrence in Europe. Occurrence in California.—Not common spring and fall migrant coastwise. Authorities.—Cooper {Actodromas maculata), Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., vol. iv., 1868, p. 8 (San Francisco Bay); Bowles and Howell, Condor, vol. xiv., 1912, p. 8 (Santa Barbara; migr. dates). THE AUTHORI- TIES used to tell us that the Pectoral Sandpiper was "rare" or "casual" anywhere along the Pacific Coast. Well, per- haps it was, or perhaps it was merely overlooked. Recent records, at least, have tended to destroy the earlier traditions of a bird so rare that the lay- man might never hope to see it. The third record for the State of California was made by Bradford Torrey1 who saw birds at Santa Barbara from Sep- tember 17 to 23, 1909. Mr. J. Hooper Bowles' dates for 1910 at the same station were April 14th and September 8th; and for 1911 (with Mr. A. B. Howell), Aug. 18 to Photo by the Author A LITTLE DOUBTFUL 20. The species was not detected in 1912, but I found it again on Aug. 20, 1913, in the Santa Barbara Estero; and again on the nth of October at Elkhorn, in Monterey County, on the grounds of the Empire Gun Club. l"Condor," Vol
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