98 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[B 551, C 443, R 560, C 646.| 
Geroc. Disr.— Eastern North America, breeding in the Arctic 
regions, and migrating south throughout South America. 
[267.] Numenius phzopus (LInv.). 
Whimbrel. 
Scolopax phaopus Linn. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 146. 
Numenius pheopus Latu. Gen. Syn. Suppl. I. 1787, 291. 
[B—, C—, R 561, C 644.] 
Groc. Dist.— Northern parts of the Old World; occasional in 
Greenland. 
[268.] Numenius tahitiensis (GMEL.). 
Bristle-thighed Curlew. 
Scolopax tahitiensis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 656. 
Numenius tahitiensis Ripcw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 
1880, 201. 
[B —, C 442 dis, R 562, C 647.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Islands of the Pacific Ocean. Occasional on the 
coast of Alaska and Lower California. 
FaMIity CHARADRIIDA. Puovers. 
Genus VANELLUS Brisson. 
Vanellus Briss. Orn. V. 1760, 94. Type, Zringa vanellus LINN. 
[269.] Vanellus vanellus (Linv.). 
Lapwing. 
Tringa vanellus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148. 
Vanellus vanellus LicuT. Nom. Mus. Berol. 1854, 95. 
[B—, C—, R 512, C 593.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Northern parts of eastern hemisphere. In North 
America, occasional in Greenland, the islands in Norton Sound, 
Alaska, and on Long Island. 
