348 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



A -- u GENUS TRYNQITES. CABAN. 



riO. 



215 (262) TRYNQITES SUBRUFICOLLIS. (VIEILL.) Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



North America ; more commonly in interior ; breeds north of United 

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

 Atlantic coast. 



GENUS ACTITIS. ILLIGEK. 



216 (263) ACTITIS MACULARIA. (LiNN.) Spotted Sandpiper. 



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

 South America ; breeds throughout temperate North America. 



GENUS NUMENIUS. BRISS. 



217 (264) NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS. 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 (265) NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. LATH. Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 



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

 Gulf States and South America ; common on Atlantic coast during 

 migrations. 



219 (266) NUMENIUS BOREALIS. (FoRST.) 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 (267) NUMENIUS PH/EOPUS. (LiNN.) Whitnbrel. 



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



FAMILY CHARADRIID/E. Plovers. 



GENUS VANELLUS. BRISS. 



221 (269) VANELLUS VANELLUS. (LiNN.) Lapwing. 



European species ; occurs in Greenland ; one record for eastern United 

 States. 



GENUS CHARADRIUS. LINN. 



SUBGENUS SQUATAROLA. CUVIER. 



222 (270) CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA. (LiNN.) Black-bellied Plover. Beetle 



Head. 



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

 common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



SUBGENUS CHARADRIUS. LINN. 



223 (271) CHARADRIUS APRICARIUS. LINN. Golden Plover. 



European species, which occurs in Greenland. 



