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In general appearance and habits the western sandpiper is ex- 

 actly like the semipalmated. It will be found casually with that 

 species. In color it is like the semipalmated sandpiper though a 

 little more rusty above, being distinguished mainly by the longer 

 bill, which is as long as or longer than the tarsus, instead of shorter 

 as in the related species. 



TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS (Vieillot) 

 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER 



Tringa subruficollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 34, 1819, p. 465 

 (Paraguay). 



Tryngites subruficollis, Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, 

 p. 313 (San Juan, specimen). 



Casual in migration. 



The only record is that of one collected by Ciferri at the Sabana 

 San Thome, near San Juan, D. R., October 1, 1928. 



The buff-breasted sandpiper has the wing from 122 to 136 mm. 

 long. Above it is pale grayish brown with the centers of the feath- 

 ers olive. The underparts are brownish buff mixed with whitish, 

 usually with concealed black markings. The primaries have the inner 

 webs speckled prominently with black. 



[LIMOSA FEDOA (Linnaeus) 



MARBLED GODWIT 



Scolopax fedoa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 146 (Hudson Bay). 

 Limosa fedoa, Tippenhatjer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 (listed). 



Status uncertain. 



Tippenhauer has included this with other shorebirds without 

 stating where it is found. As it has been recorded from Cuba and 

 Porto Rico it may be expected to occur occasionally during migra- 

 tion. It frequents muddy shores. 



The marbled godwit in life appears as large as the Hudsonian 

 curlew from which it is distinguished by browner plumage, and by 

 the form of the bill, which is long and slightly upcurved at the tip.] 



CROCETHIA ALBA (Pallas) 

 SANDERLING, ARENARO, BECASSINE 



Trynga alba Pallas, in Vroeg, Cat. Rais., Adumbr., 1764, p. 7 (coast of North 

 Sea). 



Calidris arenaria, Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 (listed). 



Calidris leucophaca, Peters, Bull. Mus. Conip. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 404 

 (Gaspar Hernandez). 



Crocethia alba, Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 

 496 (Tortue).— Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 313 

 (Haina, specimens). 



