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Tryngites subruficéllis (VirILLoT). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. [262.] 
Tringa subruficollis VrertLotT, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., XXXIV, 1819, 
465. (Paraguay.) 
RancEe.— North and South America. Breeds along the Arctic 
coast from northern Alaska to northern Keewatin; winters in Argen- 
tina and Uruguay; most abundant in migration in the Mississippi 
Valley; occasional on the Atlantic coast in fall; casual on the Pacific 
coast north to St. Michael, Alaska, and to northeastern Siberia; 
straggles to Bermuda and frequently to western Europe. 
Genus ACTITIS Iniicer. 
Actitis ILLIGER, Prodromus, 1811, 262. Type, by subs. desig., Tringa 
hypoleucos Linnzus (A. O. U. Comm., 1886). 
Actitis maculéria (LINN&us). Spotted Sandpiper. ([263.] 
Tringa macularia Linn.=vs, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 249. (Pennsyl- 
vania.) 
RanceE.— North and South America. Breeds from tree limit in 
northwestern Alaska, northern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, northern 
Ungava, and Newfoundland south to southern California, Arizona, 
southern Texas, southern Louisiana, and northern South Carolina; 
winters from California, Louisiana, and South Carolina to southern 
Brazil and central Peru; straggles to Great Britain and Helgoland. 
GENUS NUMENIUS Brisson. 
Numenius Brisson, Orn., V, 1760, 311. Type, by tautonymy, [Nwmen- 
ius] numenius Brisson = Scolopax arquata LINN&EUS. 
Numénius americénus BECHSTEIN. Long-billed Curlew. [264.] 
Numenius americanus BECHSTEIN, in LatHaM, Allg. Ueb. Végel, IV, ii, 
1812, 4382. (New York.) 
RancE.— North America. Breeds from central British Columbia, 
southern Saskatchewan, and Manitoba to northeastern California, 
