248 AVES: LIMICOLA. — XXXVIII. 
long. L.124. W. 7%. T. 31. B.2}. N. Am., frequent. (péXas, 
black ; Aevkos, white.) 
773. T. flavipes (Gmelin). YELLow Lees. Colors as in pre- 
ceding; nasal groove more than half bill; smaller; legs longer. 
L.11. W. 61. T. 2}. B. 13. U.S, abundant. (Lat., flavus, 
yellow ; pes, foot.) 
aa. Tarsus much less than 14 times middle toe and claw; legs dusky. (Helo- 
dromas Kaup.) 
774. T. solitarius (Wilson). Soxrrrary TaTTLer. Olive 
brown, sparsely speckled with whitish above ; below white; breast 
dusky; bill straight and slender. L. 9. W. 5. T. 25. B. 14. 
N. Am., abundant about secluded ponds. 
395. SYMPHEMIA Rafinesque. (ovv, with; dni, I speak; in 
allusion to their noisy discussions.) 
775. S. semipalmata (Gmelin). WuiLLtetT. Brownish gray, 
varied with dusky, mostly whitish below. L. 15 or 16. W. 7}. 
T. 3. B. 21. N. Am., common coastwise. The larger western 
bird (Ill. and W.) is var. inornata Brewster. W. 8. B. 25. 
396. BARTRAMIA Lesson. (To William Bartram, “ grand- 
father of American ornithology.”) 
776. B. longicauda (Bechstein). Uptanp Sanpprper. Light 
brownish, marked with ochraceous and blackish; throat whitish ; 
tail feathers mostly marked with white. L. 124. W. 6}. T.4. B. 
11. E. N. Am., abundant in fields, ete. Allied to this species is 
the European Ruff (Pavoncella pugnax L.), occasionally taken in 
E. U. S., the male with a very conspicuous ruff. 
397. TRYNGITES Cabanis. (From Tringa.) 
777. T. subruficollis (Vieillot). Burr-BREASTED SAND- 
PIPER. Grayish, mottled with darker; buffy below; under pri- 
mary coverts and quills with white, and finely mottled with black. 
L.8. W.51). T.21. B.4. N. Am., chiefly in interior; not com- 
mon. (Lat., sub, under; rufus, reddish; collum, neck.) 
398. ACTITIS Boie. (Lat., acta, shore.) 
778. A. macularia (L.). Trp-up. TEEeTER-TarL. SPOTTED 
SANDPIPER. Lustrous drab above in summer, varied with black; 
pure white below, with round blackish spots in adult. L. 8. W. 4. 
T.2. B.1. N.Am., everywhere, common. (Lat. spotty.) 
399. NUMENIUS Linneus. (véos, new; pyvy, moon.) 
a. Secondaries, quills, etc., rusty cinnamon; lower parts pale cinnamon. 
779. N. longirostris Wilson. LonG-BrLLED CURLEW. SICKLE 
Briu. Cinnamon, varied with gray and blackish. L. 24. W. 12. 
T.4. B.5to9 N. Am., frequent. 
aa. Secondaries and quills chiefly dusky brownish; lower parts dull buffy. 
