{12 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
GENUS MICROPALAMA Barrp. 
Micropalama Barrp, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., TX, 1858, 726. 
Type, by orig. desig., Tringa himantopus BONAPARTE. 
Micropdlama himantopus (BONAPARTE). Stilt Sandpiper. [233.] 
Tringa himantopus Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. N. H. N. Y., II, 1826, 157. 
(Long Branch, New Jersey.) 
RancGEe.— North and South America. Breeds near the coast of 
Mackenzie and probably south to central Keewatin; winters in South 
America south to Uruguay and Chile; casual in winter in southern 
Texas and Mexico; in migration occurs in western Mississippi Valley, 
West Indies, and Central America; less common on the Atlantic coast, 
and casual in British Columbia, Newfoundland, and Bermuda. 
GeEeNuSs TRINGA LINN Us. 
Tringa Linnxvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 148. Type, by subs. desig., 
Tringa canutus LinN&us (Gray, 1840). 
Tringa canitus LiInnxus. Knot. [234.] 
Tringa canutus LinNa&xvus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 149. (Sweden.) 
Rance.— Northern and Southern hemispheres. Breeds from 
northern Ellesmere Land south to Melville Peninsula and Iceland, 
and also on Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia; winters south to southern 
Patagonia, and from the Mediterranean to South Africa, India, 
Australia, and New Zealand; casual in winter on the Atlantic coast of 
United States; in migration occurs on the Atlantic coast of North 
America and over most of the Eastern Hemisphere; rare in the inte- 
rior of North America and on the Pacific coast. 
Genus ARQUATELLA Bairp. 
Arquatella Barrp, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., [X, 1858, 717. Type, 
by monotypy, Tringa maritima BRUNNICH. 
