41. NUMENIUB. 365 



p. 309 (1874) ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 48 (1876) ; Salvin, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. x. p. 404 (1870 : Indefatigable Isl.) ; Tacz. P. Z. 8. 

 1877, ]>. 330 (Chimbote; Santa Lucia); Reid, Zool. 1877, p. 478 

 (Bermudas, Aug.) ; Lawr. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 238 (1878 : 

 Antigua), p, 242 (Barbuda), p. 277 (Grenada), p. 451 (Guadeloupe), 

 p. 488 (Lesser Antilles); Maynard, B. Bast. N. Amer. p. 399 

 (1879) ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 201 (1880) ; Belding, 

 op. cit. v. p. 545 (1882 : Lower California) ; Cones, Check-list N. 

 .Inter. />'. p. 105 (18*2); Steams, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 119 

 (1883: Labrador); Salvin, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 429 (Paracas Bay, 

 Oct.) ; Baird, Brewer, $ Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 315 

 (1884) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 045 (1884) ; Turner, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 248 (1885 : Koksoak, Labrador) ; 

 Cory, List B. West 2nd. p. 27 (1885) ; Beckham, Auk, ii. p. 143 

 (1885 : Puebla, Colorado) ; Murdoch, t. c. p. 201 (Point Barrow) ; 

 Nelson, t. c. p. 241 (Kotzebue Sound) ; Ar/ersb. t. c. p. 287 (S.E. 

 Dakota) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 159 (1880) ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Perou, iii. p. 380 (1886) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1880, p. 180 (British 

 Guiana) ; JEverm. Auk, iii. p. 92 (1880 : Ventura Co., California) ; 

 Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, p. 120 (1887) ; MacFarlane, 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 208 (Chimbote, about 9° S. lat.); Brew, Auk. iv. 

 p. 264 (1887 : Colorado) ; Con/, t. c.p. 320 (West Indies) ; Wells, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 029 (1887 : Grenada) ; Ridgw. Man. 

 N. Amer. B. p. 171 (1887) ; Beckham, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 

 pp. 037, 654 (1888: Bexar Co., Texas); Seebohm, Geor/r. Distr. 

 Charadr. p. 331 (1888); Feilden, Ibis, 1889, p. 497 (Barbados, 

 Aug.); Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. pp. 120, 123 (1889 : In- 

 defatigable Isl.): Cory, B. West hid. p. 241 (1889); Clarke, Auk, 

 vii. p. 321 (1890: Hudson's Bay) ; Cory, t. c. p. 374 (Anegada) ; 

 Ridgw. op. cit. viii. p. 339 (1891 : Bahamas) ; MacFarlane, Proc: 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 429 (1891 : Franklin Bay, Arctic America) ; 

 Hagerup, B. Greenl. p. 55 ( 1891 : occ. visitor) ; Razor. Auk, ix. 

 p. 43 (1892: Gray's Harbour) ; Scott, t. c. p. 212 (Caloosahatchie 

 liegion) ; Mackay, t. c. pp. 300, 34o (Nantucket, Mass.) ; Cory, 

 Cat.B. West Ind. p. 94 (1892: Bahamas and Greater Antilles') ; 

 James, New List Chilian B. p. 12 (1892) ; Allen, Auk, x. p. 123 

 (1893: Arctic America); Mackay, t. c. p. 370 (Massachusetts); 

 Chapm. Bull. Amer. Mus. vi. p. 76 (1894: Trinidad): Irbu, Orn. 

 Str. Gibr. p. 291 (1895). 



Nunienius rutiventris, Vigors, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 356 (1829 : N.W. 

 America) ; id. J'oy. ' Blossom,' 1 p. 28 (1839). 



Nunienius brasiliensis, Neuwied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iv. p. 708 

 (1833). 



Esquimaux Curlew, Nut tall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 97 (1S34). 



Nunienius intermedins, Nnttall. Man. Orn. ii. p. 100 (1834). 



American Whimbrel, Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 100 (1834). 



Nunienius phseopus (nee Linn.), Cab. in Schomb. Sets. Guian. iii 

 p. 757 (1848); Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 308 (1871 : Cajutuba). 



Phtcopus hudsonicus, Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phi/ad. 18.7,1, 

 p. 108 (Kici Grande, New Mexico). 



Nunienius (Phseopus) hudsonicus, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phi/ad. L861, p. 235 (Labrador). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Similar to N. phceopus, with a 



distinct pale streak down the crown, the rest of which is deep 

 brown, forming, on each sido of the centra! streak, a broad lateral 

 hand ; lower back and rump dark brown like the mantle and upper 

 back, the upper tail-coverts banded with sandy buff and dark 



