348 I.I-T OF TIIK KIRDS OK I.A--TKKN NORTH AMERICA. 



GKXIS TRYNGITES. CABAS. 



215 (i>r,i>) TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS. (ViEii.L.) Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



North America; more commonly in interior; breeds north of I'nited 

 States ; south in winter to South America ; not common on 

 Atlantic coast. 



( i KM S ACTITIS. Il.UKiKK. 



216 (i j i;:l) ACTITIS MACULARIA. (Lixx.) Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tlie common Sandpiper of our ponds and streams occurs in North and 

 South America; breeds throughout temperate North America. 



GENUS NUMENIUS. BKISS. 



217 (:>; 1) NUMENIUS LONQIROSTRIS. WILS. Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill 



Curlew. 



Temperate North America; south to Central America and the West 

 Indies ; breeds in southern Atlantic States, and in interior to 

 Canada ; not common on Atlantic coast. 



218 (ii;.V) NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. LATH. Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 



Throughout North America ; breeding in Arctic regions ; in winter to 

 (lulf States and South America; common on Atlantic coast during 

 migrations. 



219 (:>i;r,) NUMENIUS BOREALIS. (Fousi.) Eskimo Curlew. Dough Bird. 



Ranges from the Arctic regions where it breeds to South America ; in 

 winter more common in the interior than on the coast; prefers the 

 fields to the beaches, being often found in company with Golden 

 Plover. 



220 (L>r,7) NUMENIUS PH/COPUS. (Lixx.) Whimbrel. 



Not recorded from United States ; it has been taken in Greenland. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID/E. Plovers. 



GEMS VANELLUS. BRISS. 



221 (iv.'.i) VANELLUS VANELLUS. (Lixx.) Lapwing. 



Kuropi -in >pecies ; occurs in Greenland; one record for eastern Unit e< I 

 States. 



GEMS CHARADRIUS. LINN. 



Si i-,<;i:xrs SQUATAROLA. CUVIKK. 



222 (L'Tii) CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA. (Lixx.) Black-bellied Plover. Be-tle 



Head. 



Ranges from Arctic regions to South America ; breeds in the far north-: 

 common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



SUBOENUfl CHARADRIUS. I. INN. 



223 (:>71) CHARADRIUS APRICARIUS. Lixx. Golden Plover. 



Buropean species, which occurs in (Jreenlancl. 



