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EEEUNETES PUSILLUS, (Linu.) Cass. 

 SemipalniJited Sandpiper, 



Tringa pusilla, Lixx., Syst. Nat. i, 1706, 252 (based ou Tringa chiclns domhucensis minor, 

 Bhiss., V, 222, i»l. 25, f. 2. Not of Aleijcr, uor of Jicdistchi, nor of Wiho»). — 

 Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 681.— Lath., lud. Oru. ii, 17i)(), 7:^7.— (?) Vieill., Nouv. 

 Diet. (i'Hist. Nat. xxxiv, 1819, 452.— Schl., M. P.-B. .Sco/o/>«ces, 55. 



Ereunetes piisUhts, Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad, xiii, 1860. 195 (Cartbagena). — Coues, iUd. 

 1861, 177, 233.— Coues & Prent., Sniitbs. Eep. 1861. 416.— Board.m., Pr. Bost. 

 Sec. ix, 1862, 129.— Verr., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 159.— Allen, ibid, iv, 1864, 

 87.— McIlwr., ibid, v, 1866, 93.— Coues, ihid. v, 18G8, 294.— Lawji., Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. viii, 1864, 101 (Sombrero) ; viii, 1866, 294.— Dall & Banx., Tr. Cbic. 

 Acad, i, 1869, 292.— Sund., Ofv. Vet. Ak. 1869, 587, 602 (St. Bartbolomew 

 and Porto Pico).— Mayn., Guide, 1870, 140.— Coues, Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1866, 97; 

 1871, 31.— Allen, Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1868, 501.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 

 355; iii, 1872, 182.— Coues, Key, 1872, 254, fig. 165.— Eiixiw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 X, 1874,. 384. 



Ereunetes iwtrifimlm. III., Prod. 1811, 262 (Babia).— Cass., Baird's B. N. A. 1858, 724.— 

 Wheat., Obio Agric. Rep. 1860, No. 212.— Ha yd., Rep. 1862, 174.— Turxb., B. 

 E. Pa. 1^-69, 31.— TiuiTE, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 241.— Snow, B. Kaus. 1873, 10. 



Tringa semtpalmata, Wils., Am. Orn. vii, 1813, 131, pi. 63, f. 3; Ord's ed. iii, 1829, 132; 

 Brewer's ed. 1840, 542, fig. 225 ; Syn. 725.— Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xxxiv, 1819, 462.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 381.— Aun., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 

 iii, pi. 408 ; Svn. 1839, 236 ; B. Am. v, 1842, 277, pi. 336.— Gik., B. L. I, 1844, 

 239.— PUTN., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 217.— Newb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 100.— 

 F1N.SCII, Abb. Nat. iii, 1872, 65. 



Tringa {Hemipahima) bcmipal mata, Bi\, Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 212; Specc. Comp. 1827, 62. 



Hnnlpalanui tiv)nipalmata, Lemb., Av. Cuba, 1850, 96. 



Tringa {Ilctvropoda) semipalinata, Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 136. 



Hcteropoda svmipulmata, Bp., List, 1838, 49.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. 1844, 236, pi. 86, fig. 

 195.— Gray, Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 580, pi. 156, f. 1. 



Ereunetes scmipalmata, Cab., Scbomb. Reisc, iii, 758 ; J. f. O. 1856, 419.— Bp., Comptes 

 Rendus, xliii, 1856, p. — . 



Tringa hrevirostris, Spin, Ax. Bras, ii, 1825, 76, i)l. 93. 



rdidnu brissoni, Liif^s., Man. ii, li^28, 277 (" T. pnsiUa L."). 



Hcteropoda manri, Bp., List, 1838, 49.— Gundl., J. f. O. 1856, 419 (Cuba). 



Ilvmipalama minor, Lemb., Av. Cuba, 1850, 97. 



EreuneteH occidentalis, Lawr., Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1864, 107 (var. ? Pacific coast). 



Quotations additional to tbe above are : Sal v., Ibis, i, 1859, 229 (Guatemala); Newt.^ 

 ihid. 258 (Santa Cruz) ; Bry., Pr. Bost. Soc. vii, 18.59, p. — (Babamas) ; Scl. & Salv.,. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, 592 (Amazon); Pelz., Orn. Bras. 311 (Brazil; Marcb and April). 



nah.—ThG wbole of Nortb and Central, and most of Soutli America. West Indies. 

 Lieutenant 11'arren's Expedition. — 1870. liijoux Hills ; 9045, 9047, 9048, Loup Pork. 

 Not procured by eitber of tbe later Expeditious. (Tbe bird so quoted by Stevenson,. 

 p. 466, is Tringa minutilla.) 



This abuiKlant and well-known little biixl occurs throug;liout the 

 Missouri region, in suitable places, during the migration, as elsewhere 

 in the United States. 



A very large series of the eggs of Ereunetes shows the variations 

 probably always observable when great numbers of any limicoline 

 wader's eggs are examined. Some of them are nearly like the IJiill- 

 breasted Sandpipei's eugs described beyond, and such api»ears to be the 

 normal pattern. Others, however, are quite ditl'erent. One variation 

 affects the groundcolor, which, instead of being day colored (veryi)ale 

 grayish or greeni.sh-drab), is deci<led]y olivaceous: and in these eggs 

 the markings are coriespombngly heavy, rather uml)cr-l)rowii than 

 chocolate. In another decided variety the markings, instead of being 

 bold blotching, massed at the large end, are exceedingly line dolling, 

 uniform over the whole egg, drawn like a veil, as it were, over tlie 

 ground, giving the predominant complexion to the i^\i)i. The following 

 are several measurements: l.iili by 0.84; 1.24 by O.SS ; l.L'O by 0.85. 

 The sets, complete, contain three or four eggs; those with one or tv.o 



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