FOSSIL BIRDS. 453 



Palaeotringa vagans Marsh. 



Palaeotringa vagans Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, III, May, 1872, .365. 

 Eocene: Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



Palaeotringa vetus Marsh. 



Palaeotringa vetus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, XLIX, March, 1870, 

 209. 



Eocene: Arneytown, New Jersey. 



Subfamily NUMENIINAE. Curlews, Yellow-legs, and Allies. 



Genus TOTANUS Bechstein. 



Totanus Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. Deutsclil., II, 1803, 282. Type, by 

 tantonymy, Totanus maculatus Bechstein = Scolopax totanus Lin- 

 naeus. 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin). Greater Yellow-legs. 



Scolopax melanoleuca Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 659. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: McKittrick, California. 



Subfamily CALIDRIINAE. Sandpipers, Godwits, and Allies. 



Genus PELIDNA Cuvier. 



Pelidna Cuvier, Regne Animal, I, 1817, [Dec. 7, 1816] 490. Type, by 

 subs, desig., Tringa cinclus Linnaeus, 1766 = Tringa alpina Linnaeus, 

 1758 (Gray, 1840). 



Pelidna alpina (Linnaeus). Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Tringa alj/ina Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 149. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: McKittrick, California, 



Genus LIMNODROMUS Wied. 



Limnodromus Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Brasil, IV, Abth. ii, 1833, 716. Type, 

 by monotypy, Scolopax grisea Gmelin. 



Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin). Dowitcher. 



Scolopax grisea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 658. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: McKittrick, and Ilancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



