EKELTNETES TUSILLUS-SYMI'UEMIA SEMIPALMATA. (309 



EkEUNETES I'USILLUS. 

 ^oiiiipalmalpd Sandpiper. 



Tnnga pdsilla, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 11C>C>, 25'2. 



Ereunetns pi(.sillm,VASsm,rr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., XIII, 18C(», lO").— CouKs, 



Key, 1.S72, 254, fig. 105; Check List, 1873, No. 417; Binls N.W., 1874, 48L 



— Densiiaw, 1875, 454. 

 Ercunvtvs pcfrijicatus, Illiger, Proclioiuu.s, 1811, 2G2.— Cassin, in Baird's Birils 



N. Am., 1858, 724— I'.Aikd, Cat. N. Aiu. B., 1859, No. 535. 

 EreunetcH occidental in, Lawr., Pr. Pbilad. Acad., 1SG4, 107. 

 Ercunctcn pvfiiUus y.ir. occidcHtalin, CouKS, Key, 1872, 254; Check Li.st, lcS73, No. 



417a. 



Vicinity of Pyramid Luke in May, and Humboldt Marshes in August, 

 in flocks with Tmifja hairdi and T. miuntilhi. [All the specimens of these 

 thi-ee species shot from one flock at a single discharge.] 

 Lint of specimens. 



137, iJHt\; Camp 15, August 26, 1867. 5^— 1^— 3g— 3— ] ,V— j ^—l.^—j'^.. i\\\]^ 

 black, becoming greenish-olive on base of lower mandible ; iris, hniwn ; tarsi and toes, 

 greenish-olive. 



138, ? j)(().,- same locality and date. 5^— 11— 3^^—21;';— :i—;]_l-;'jj—-7_. Saine 

 remarks. 



139, 9j«t\; same locality and date, (ij — 11.]— 3i('— 3^— ] ;|— [ ;|— 1 j ;.— ,7,. Same 

 remarks. 



SyMPUEMIA .SEMIPALMATA. 



Willel. 



Scolopax semipalmata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat.. I, 1788, 65',». 



Totanus scmipahnatus, Temm., Man. Oin., II, , 637.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 258- 



Check List, 1873, No. 431 ; Birds N.W., 1874, 494.— Uensuaw, 1875, 4.57. 

 Symphemia semipalmata, IIartlaub, Pev. Zool., 1845, 342.— Cassin, in Baird's 



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



This large and conspicuous Snipe, readily distinguished at sight from 

 other species by the conspicuous white patch on the wings, was found 

 breeding in nearly all marshy localities. It Avas particularly nuuici-ous on 

 the grassy flats along the southern sliorc (.f the Great Salt Lake, near the 

 mouth of the Jordan River, where it was found in company with the Long- 

 billed Curlew {Niinici//i(s loi/f/irosfris) and various species of Ducks. 

 List of spevimeiis. 



1160, 9 ad.; southern shore of Great Salt Lake, Ut-ali, June 11, 1869. 16— 29.i. 

 Bill, bla(;k; iris, brown; tarsi and toes, slate-color. 

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