550 CHAEABRIID^. 



p. 721 (1858) ; Bryant, Froc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 121 



(1859 : Bahamas, April) ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1860, p. 19® 



(Cartagena) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 196 (Cartagena) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1861, p. 80 (Jamaica) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1861, p. 334 



(Panama); Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 178 (City of Mexico); Dresser, 



Ibis, 1866, p. 37 (Texas) ; Brawn, Ibis, 1868, p. 425 (Vancouver) : 



Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 311 (1871 : Cuyaba, April). 

 Pelidna pusilla (nee. Linn.), Bp. Cotnp. List B. Bur. fy N. Amer. p. 50 



(1838) ; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 348 (1847). 

 Tringa temminckii {nee LeisL), DOrb. in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist,. 



Nat. Cuba, p. 240 (1839). 

 Pelidna minutilla, Gould in Darwin's Voy. ' Beagle/ p. 131 (1841 : 



Galapagos). 

 Tringa nana, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 92 (1854) ; Burnt. Th. Bras. Hi. 



p. 375 (1856). 

 Tringa georgica, Licht. t. c. p. 92 (1854). 

 Pelidna nana, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 596 (1856). 

 Actodromas wilsoni, Bp- t. c. p. 596 (1856); A. §• E. Neivt. Lbis, 



1859, p. 258 (S. Croix). 

 Actodromas minutilla, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1861, pp. 191,230 ; 



March, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 67 (Jamaica ; all the year) ; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 294 (1866 : New Jersey) ; id. Ibis, 



1866, p. 269 (Arizona) ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 165, pi. 15. 



fig. 3 (egg) ; Ball Sf Bann. Tr. Chicago Acad. i. p. 292 (1869 : 



Alaska, breeding) ; Allen, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 501 (1868 : 



W. Iowa, Aug. ) ; id. Bull. Mus. C Z. ii. p. 356 (1871 : Florida),, 



iii. p. 182 (1872) ; Hensh. Rep. Zool. Expl. 100th Merid. p. 455 



(1875 : Utah Lake, July ; Apache, Arizona, Aug.) ; Gundl. Ann. 



Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. vi. p. 376 (1878 : Porto Pico) ; Ridgw. Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 200 (1880) ; Cory, B. Bahamas, p. 158 (1880) ; 



Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 100 (1882) ; Bean, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. v. p. 164 (1882 : Alaska) ; Nelson, Cruise R. S. ' Corwin,' 



p. 88 (1883 : Norton Sound) ; Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. 



pp. 528, 534 (1883 : Lower California) ; Stearns, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. -vi. p. 119 (1883 : Labrador) ; Baird, Brewer, S,~ Ridgio. Hist. 



Water-B. N. Amer. i. p. 236 (1884) ; Coues, Key N Amer. B. 



2nd ed. p. 625 (1884) ; Drew, Auk, ii. p. 18 (1885 : Colorado) ; 



Loomis, t. c. p. 192 (S. Carolina) ; Turner, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



vii. p. 247 (1885 : Labrador, breeding). 

 Tringa minuta minutilla, Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 205 (1885). 

 Tringa subminuta minutilla, Seeb. Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 349 



(1888). 

 Limonites minutillus, Heine Sf Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 329 



(1890). 



Adult in winter plumage. Similar to that of L. minuta, but the 

 size smaller ; further distinguished by the distinct ashy-brown of 

 the fore-neck and chest, which is mottled with dark shaft-streaks 

 and spots. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3*55, tail 1*6,. 

 tarsus 0-75, middle toe and claw 0*75. 



Adult male in summer plumage. Similar to L. minuta, but much 

 smaller, and blacker on the upper surface, where the rufous is never 

 so strongly characterized as in L. minuta ■ sides of face dusky 

 brown with scarcely any tinge of rufous ; lower throat and chest 

 ashy, with strongly marked streaks and spots of blackish brown,. 



