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13iKus oi- A'oKiii Cauolina 



iiiilil ScptcinliiT. At I'ca Island il winters in lar.u;t' llocUs (Bishop), anil it prdii- 

 !iiil,\' (li)i's this cisrwhcic alonn Ihc wluilr (iT our coast-line. In the latter part of 

 the spiiiifi niifiiation many may he seen well advaneed in their nuptial ])luniage, 

 the black breast and red back combining to make a striking;; a|)|)earance. It is far 

 from wild, and indeed it is usually nnich more easily ajjproached than most of the 

 luembei's of this uroup. We ha\f no recoi'd of its occurrence inl.and. 



\V\w 



I''lli. ill. HKH Il.KCKKll S.VNlU-irKK. 



Genus Ereunetes (Illig.1 



Comprises two ,s|i(>('i(>s of small sandpipers, resembling the I>east Sandpii)er in 

 general appearance, but luivin,!;; evident webs between the front toes at their base. 

 Uoth s])ecies occur on our coast. 



KKV T(l SI'ECIES 



1. Cliioll.v gniyi.sli l>ro\vn .'itiovc. Hill .sliorlcr iciiliiicu .75 or loss in in;ili', less tliaii 1 incli in 



fciujilo). Si»i!i>(ih)iitli<l ■S'(i)ii//(i/i('/'. 

 1. Cliiclly rusty siliovo. Hill limber (,i'iiliiu'i\ more than .7,"i in in.ilc, 1 iiicli or more in Icnialo). 



H'cN'/cni .Sii)i(/y)i/)(r. 



112. Ereunetes pusillus (I. inn.). SKMir.\LM.\TED SANorii ku. 



.lr/,<. ill siiiniiiir. — I'ppcrparls lil.ick or fuscous, inarnincii with lirowiiisli ura.v and a .■<iiinll 

 amount of rufous; rump grayish hrown; upper lail-covcrls Mackish; l.ail-fcallu-rs lirownish 

 Ura.v, central ones darkc.st ; lircisl slrcakcil or spollcil with hlackish. Jiie. — .Similar, liut upper- 

 parts anil winn-covcrts lilackisli, with rounilcd rufous or l)utTy tips to the feathers; hivast 

 unslreaUed, tinted \vitl\ hutTy. .li/.s-. iiiiil .liir. in iriiiltr. — I'piHMpart-s lirownisli uray, with 

 darkc-r shaft streaks; upper lail-covert-s darker; imderp.arts white, .sometimes with faint streaks 

 on till' breast.. I,., t'>..'il); W., H.T.'i; Tar., .Ta; M.. .(".."i-.Sd. 



Iuiii(irh:i. — ^The sn\all size of this and tlie next species preveiit-s their l>ein(t confused with 

 any other except I'i.whin miniitilln, from which ihey may always be known by their purlially 

 webbed toes. H'hap.. liinl.') of E. .V. .1.) 



/I'oNi/c.^HretHls far north; winters from Gooritiii to Patagonia. 



Range in North Curolinu.—CmxnUi] ro(iion durini; the mii;ratiuiis; occiisionally iidand. 



Those birds are very nuinerotis on the coast ilvn-in.u; the ini.nrations and are p;en- 

 oraily fovnul in company with Least Sandiiiiiers. Oaily collect ions of "soa-chiekons" 

 for a week, in tlio neij>;liborhood of Soutliport, din-inj;; May, l',H)il, showed a pro- 

 liortion of about one Semipalmated to tet\ Least Sai\dpii)ers, the two s]>eeies being 

 often indistinguishable until collectod. On the Cape llatteras beaches, in the 



