158 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis (VIEILL.). 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Tringa subruficollis VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. XXXIV. 1819, 465. 

 Tryngites subruficollis RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 356. 



[B 546, C 439, R 556, C 641.] 



HAB. North America, especially in the interior ; breeds in the 

 Yukon district and the interior of British America, northward to the 

 Arctic coast ; South America in winter. Of frequent occurrence in 

 Europe. 



GENUS ACTITIS ILLIGER. 

 Actitis ILLIG. Prodr. 1811, 262. Type, Tringa hypoleucos LINN. 



263. Actitis macularia (LINN.). 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tringa macularia LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 249. 



Actitis macularia NAUMANN, Vog. Deutschl. VIII. 1836, 34. 



[B 543, C 436, R 557, C 638.] 



HAB. North and South America, south to Brazil. Breeds through- 

 out temperate North America. Occasional in Europe. 



GENUS NUMENIUS BRISSON. 

 Numenius BRISS. Orn. VI. 1760, 311. Type, Scolopax arquata LINN. 



264. Numenius longirostris WILS. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



Numenius longirostris WILS. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 24, pi. 64, fig. 4. 

 [B 549, C 441, R 55S> C 643.] 



HAB. Temperate North America, migrating south to Guatemala 

 and the West Indies. Breeds in the South Atlantic States, and in the 

 interior through most of its North American range. 



