86 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BtTLLETIN 221 



Genus TRINGA Liimaeus 



Totauus totaiius euriiinus Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 207, April 23, 1900. 

 =Tringa totanus eurhinus (Oberholser). See Peters, Checklist of birds 



of the world 2: 265, 1934. 

 162823. Adult male. Tso Morari=Charaomeril Lake (elev. 15,000 feet), 

 Rupshu District, southeastern Kashmir. July 29, 1897. Collected by 

 William L. Abbott. 

 Glottis Floridasius Bonaparte 



Geographical and comparative list of the birds of Europe and North 



America, p. 51, April 14, 1838 (based on Audubon, pi. 346 [not 269] ). 



=Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus). See Howell, Florida Bird Life, pp. 



235-236, 1932; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 2:266, 1934. 



1975. Adult male. Sandy Key (just south of Cape Sable), Monroe 



County, Florida. May 28, 1832. Collected by John J. Audubon. 



Received from Spencer F. Baird, who acquired it from Audubon. 



Howell {loc. cit.) tells all that is known of the history of this specimen, 



one of three shot from the same flock. It may be added to his account that 



there is no doubt of the bird's having been obtained by Baird from 



Audubon. 



Genus CATOPTROPHORUS Bonaparte 



C[aloplropIiorus]. s[einipalinatus]. longicaudis \_sic\ Danforth 

 Journ. Dept. Agric. Porto Rico 10: 76, 1925 or 1926. 

 =Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus (Gmelin). See Peters, 



Checklist of birds of the world 2: 270, 1934. 

 313947. Adult female. Boqueron, Cabo Rojo Municipality, Puerto Rico. 

 February 22, 1924. Collected by Stuart T. Danforth. Original num- 

 ber 23. Received from the Cornell University Museum, where it was 

 No. 2327 (not 2326). 

 Although Danforth had two specimens with identical data, only one, 

 "Cornell University Collection No. 2326," was designated as type. No. 

 2327 is the one, however, which bears the words "Type Specimen" in Dan- 

 f orth's hand. 



Genus HETEROSCELUS Baird 



Totanus polynesiae Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 237, "pi. LXV, fig. 1," 



1848. 

 =Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin). See Ridgway, Birds of North and 



Middle America 8: 367, 371, 1919. 

 15724. Adult male (in nuptial plumage). Fiji Islands, Oceania. 



Original number 639. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



