EREUNIiTES PUSILLUS-SYMI'UEMIA SEMIPALMATA. 609 



Ekeunetes PUSILLUS. 



Soniipalinsitod Sandpiper. 



Triuf/a pdnilld, LiNN., Syst. Nat., 1, 1700, 135L'. 



Brcunetus pvsilliiii,CASsiN,Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliihul., XIII, 1800, 101.— Couks, 



Key, 1.S72, l.'.J4, fig. 105; Check List, 1873, No. 417; Birds N.W., 1874, 481. 



— IJenwiiaw, 1875, 454. 

 Ercunctes petrijicatun, Illigeu, Prodiomiis, 1811, 262. — Cassin, in Baird's Birds 



N. Am., 1858, 724 — Baikd, Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 535. 

 Ercunetex occidenfali.s, Lawk,, Pr. PUilad. Acad., 1804, 107. 

 Ereunetes piisillits xnr. occidentaliH, Coues, Key, 1872, 254; Check List, 1873, No. 



417a. 



Vicinity of Pyramid Lake in May, and Ilinnboldt Marshes in August, 

 in flocks with Tritifju hairdi and T. minutilla. [All the specimens of these 

 tliree species shot from one flock at a single discharge.] 



List of specimens. 



137, ijiiv.; Camp 15, AiiRiist 20, 1807. 53— lix— 3^— 3— 1/— Jj!— l.i— ,',,. Bill, 

 black, becoming greeiiisholive on base of lower mandible ; iris, brown ; taisi and toes, 

 greenish-olive. 



138, ?>i\; same locality and date. 5^— 11— 3/jj—2j|—^—-]— 1 ,?•,.-— /j. Same 

 remarks. 



139, 9 j«r.; same locality .and date. 0^— U.i, — 3=1—3^ — fj! — [J!— 1','^ — iV Same 

 remarks. 



SyMPHEMI A 8EMIPALMATA. 



Willct. 



Scohpax semipalmata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat.. I, 1788, 059. 



Totanus semi2)abna(us, Temm., Man. Orn., II, , 037. — CoUES, Key, 1872, 258; 



Check List, 1873, No. 431; Birds N.W., 1874, 494.— IlENSUAAV, 187.5, 457. 

 Synqjhemia semipalmata, Uautlaih, Kev. Zool., 1845, 342. — Cassin, in Baird's 



Birds N. Am., 1858, 729.— Baikd, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 537. 



This large and conspicuous Snipe, readily distinguished at sight from 

 other species by the conspicuous wliiti- patch on the wings, was found 

 breeding in nearly all marshy localities. It was particidarly nunicrous oh 

 the grassy flats along the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake, near tlie 

 mouth of the Jordan River, where it was found in company with tlie l^oug- 

 billed Curlew (NioiirniHS loufi'tmstrls) and various species of Ducks. 



JAst of specimens. 



1100, ? (((/.; soutliern shore of Great Salt Lake, Ut-ah, June 11, 1809. lf>— 29.}. 

 Bill, black ; iris, brown ; tarsi and toes, sliite-color. 

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