152 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



243 a. Tringa alpina paciflca (COUES). 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Pelidna pacifica COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 189. 

 Tringa alpina pacifica RIDGW. MS. 



[B 530, C 424, R 539 a, C 624.] 



HAB. North America in general, breeding far north. Eastern 

 Asia. 



SUBGENUS ANCYLOCHEILUS KAUP. 



Ancylocheilus KAUP, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 50. Type, Tringa 

 subarquata TEMM. T. ferniginea BRUNN. 



244. Tringa ferruginea BRUNN. 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea BRUNN. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 

 [B 529, C 425, R 540, C 625.] 

 HAB. Old World in general ; occasional in Eastern North America. 



GENUS EURYNORHYNCHUS NILSSON. 



Eurynorhynchus NILSS. Orn. Suec. II. 1821, 29. Type, Platalea 

 pygmaa LINN. 



[245.] Eurynorhynchus pygmasus (LINN.). 



Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



Platalea pygmcea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 

 Eurynorhynchus pygmceus PEARSON, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. V. 1836, 

 127. 



[B - C -, R 542* C 884.] 



HAB. Asia; in summer along the Arctic coast, in winter Southern 

 and Southeastern Asia. Accidental on the coast of Alaska. 



GENUS EREUNETES ILLIGER. 



Ereitnetes ILLIG. Prodr. 1811,262. Type, E. petrificatus ILLIG. = 

 Tringa pnsilla LINN. 



