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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Genus TRYNGITES. Casan. 
TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS. (VirILL.) Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
North America; more commonly in interior; breeds north of United 
States; south in winter to South America; not common on 
Atlantic coast. 
Genus ACTITIS. I ciicer. 
ACTITIS MACULARIA. (LINN.) Spotted Sandpiper. 
The common Sandpiper of our ponds and streams occurs in North and 
South America; breeds throughout temperate North America. 
Genus NUMENIUS.  Baiss. 
NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS. Wits. Long-billed Curlew. Sickie-bill 
Curlew. 
Temperate North America; south to Central America and the West 
Indies; breeds in southern Atlantic States, and in interior to 
Canada; not common on Atlantic coast. 
NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Latru. Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 
Throughout North America; breeding in Arctic regions; in winter to 
Gulf States and South America; common on Atlantic coast during 
migrations. 
NUMENIUS BOREALIS. (Forst.) Eskimo Curlew. Dough Bird. 
Ranges from the Arctie regions where it breeds to South America; in 
winter more common in the interior than on the coast; prefers the 
fields to the beaches, being often found in company with Golden 
Plover. 
NUMENIUS PHAZOPUS. (LINN.) Whimbrel. 
Not recorded from United States; it has been taken in Greenland. 
FAMILY CHARADRIIDZE. Plovers. 
Genus VANELLUS. Briss. 
VANELLUS VANELLUS. (LINN.) Lapwing. 
Kuropean species ; occurs in Greenland; one record for eastern United 
States. 
Genus CHARADRIUS.  Liyn. 
SUBGENUS SQUATAROLA. CuvVIER. 
CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA,. (Linn.) Black=bellied Plover. Beetle 
Head. 
Ranges from Arctic regions to South America; breeds in the far north; 
common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 
SUBGENUS CHARADRIUS. Liyn. 
CHARADRIUS APRICARIUS. Linn. Golden Plover. 
European species, which oecurs in Greenland. 
