240 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



" weet-weet" of this bird, as it skims over the water like the Euroi)ean 

 Common Sandpiper, is very familiar to residents in the islands. 



Genus Ac'iiTURUS, Bp. 



117. Actiturus bartramius, (Wils.) Bp. Bartram's Sandpiper. 



Tringa bartramia, Wils., Auct, Gir., Putn., Trippe, 



Tringa (Euliga) bartramia, 'Nutt. 



Totanus bartramius, Temm., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Aud., Hoy. 



Actiturus bartramius, Bp., Bd., Cones & Prent., Hayd., Verr., Allen, Couea, 



Lawr., ScL, Dress., Cab., aud late authors. 

 Tringoides bartramius. Gray, Pelz. 

 Actitis bartramius, Schl. 

 Tringa longicauda, Beclis., Naum. 

 Actiturus lotifiicaudus, Bias. 

 Bartramius longicaudus, Bp. 

 Totanus vartegatus, Vieil. 

 Bartramia laticauda, Less. 



Length, about 12 ; wing, 6^ ; tail, 3 J. 



Sa 6.— North America, north to the Yukon; not observed in United 

 States west of the Rocky Mountains ; Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia ; 

 winters in Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America to Brazil ; 

 casual in Europe ; Australia. (Coues.) 



No early records. One in my collection was shot by Gibbs at Penis- 

 ton's Pond on September 20, 1874. It was a single bird, and was in 

 comi)any with a flock of small Sandpipers at the time. Lieutenant 

 Denison, Royal Engineers, shot a second specimen in afield near Penis- 

 ton's Pond on the 18th September, 1875. 



Genus Numenius, Linn. 



118. Numenius hudsonicus, Lath. Hudsouian Curlew. 



Scolopax bortalis, Gm., Wils. 



Numenius borealis, Ord., Brewer. 



Numenius liudsonicus, Lath., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Bd., Reinh., 



Dress., aud late authors generally. 

 Numenius intermedins, Nutt. 

 Numenius rufiventris, Vig. 

 Numenius pha;opus. Cab., Pelz. 

 Numenius brasilicnsis, Maxim. 



Length, about 18 ; wing, 9 ; tail, 4 ; bill, 3 to 4. 



Hub. — North America ; Greenland ; Central and South America ; no 

 West Indian record ; migratory through United States ; winters in South- 

 ern States and far beyond. (Coues.) 



Aj^pears early in August, in limited numbers, and is so wary that very 

 few are ever obtained. Mr. Hurdis says: "In August and September 

 the loud whistle of this Curlew is sometimes heard on the shores of Ber- 



