CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 593 



ERBUNETES, 111. 



E. pusillus, L. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Peep. 



Grayish brown, tinged on sides of head, &c., with pale butf'y 

 cinnamon ; chest narrowly streaked with dusky ; white below. 

 Length, 6| inches; tail, 2 inches. Bill about as long as head 

 (culmen, inch) ; middle toe webbed at base. 



"Arrive in New Jersey early in May, occasionally in April, 

 and although many go north, a great number remain during the 

 summer. Abundant on the coast. Numerous inland. Prefer 

 meadow lands inland to the river shore, but are more abundant 

 on the beach, on the coast. Go south in October." 



E. occidentalis, Lawr. Western Sandpiper. 



Summer adult with upper parts rusty, the feathers spotted 

 centrally with black ; stripe of rusty on head ; chest and breast 

 marked with broad streaks ; bill longer in female, where culmen 

 is 1 inch. Breeds in Northwestern North America ; occasional 

 on Atlantic coast during migrations ; probably confused with 

 preceding. 



CALLIDRIS, Guv. 



C. arenaria, L. Sanderling. Ruddy Plover. 



Form of T. canutus, but with only three toes, the hinder one 

 absent ; belly very white ; above variegated rusty, white and 

 dusky ; more grayish in winter. Length, 8 inches ; tail, 2^ inches. 

 " Never appears on our coast as abundantly in spring as in 

 autumn. Prefers the border of the ocean to meadows, and goes 

 in flocks, or in company with sandpipers. On the Delaware 

 River, at Trenton, and on the Raritan, at New Brunswick, they 

 are frequently killed in August and September. When thus 

 found, they are accompanying sandpipers." 



LIMOSA, Briss. 



L. fedoa, L. Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. 



Toes somewhat webbed at base; tail barred crosswise with 

 light and dark colors; no. pure white, but cinnamon brown, 

 variegated above with bars and spots ; uniform below ; head and 



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