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Genus PALNUMENIUS Miller 



Pahmmcnhis L. Miller, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 43, Mar. 6, 1942, 

 p. 45. Type, by monotypy, Palmimenms victima Miller. 



Palnumenius victima Miller 



Palnumenius Tnctima L. Miller, Univ. California Publ. Zoo!., vol. 43, Mar. 6, 

 1942, p. 45, fig. lb. 



Pleistocene : San Josecito Cave, Aramberri, Nuevo Leon. 



Genus BARTRAMIA Lesson 



Bartramia Lesson, Traite d'Orn., livr. 7, Apr. 9, 1831, p. 553. Type, by 

 monotypy, Bartramia laticanda Lessons Tringa longicauda Bechstein. 



Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein) : Upland Plover 



Tringa longicauda Bechstein, in Latham, Allgem. Uebers. Vogel, vol. 4, 

 pt. 2, 1812, p. 453. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Meade County (Jones 

 fauna, Vanhem formation), and McPherson County (Kentuck lo- 

 cality), Kansas. 



Genus TOTANUS Bechstein 



Totanus Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. Deutschland, vol. 2, 1803, p. 282. Type, 

 by tautonymy, Totanus maculatus Bechstein ^ Scolopax totanus Linnaeus. 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) : Greater Yellowlegs 



Scolopax melanolcuca Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon; 

 Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, and McKittrick, Kern County, Cali- 

 fornia, 



Subfamily CALIDRIINAE : Sandpipers, Godwits, and Allies 



Genus CALIDRIS Merrem 



Calidris pads Merrem, Lit. Zeitung, vol. 2, No. 168, June 8, 1804, col. 542. 

 Type, by tautonymy, Tringa calidris Gmelin = Tringa canntus Linnaeus. 



Calidris pacis Brodkorb 



Calidris pads Brodkorb, Florida Geol. Surv. Rep. Invest. No. 14, November 

 1955, p. 22, figs. 19, 20. 



Pliocene (Bone Valley formation) : Near Brewster, Polk County, 

 Florida. 



