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Curlew sandpiper. E rolia f erruginea (Brunnich). Fnim Aiidnbnn, Birds of America. About j nat. size 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper 



Plate 35 



Tringa pusilla Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. 1766. i.'252 

 Heteropoda semipalmata DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 236, fig. 195 

 Ereunetes pusilla A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 246 



ereune'tes, Gr. ipfwriryi , searcher or prober; pusU'lus, Lat. small 



Description. Toes ivith basal lucnibraiic, that between the middle 

 and outer extending to the second joint, and all the toes slightly margined; 

 bill straight, much wider than in T r i n g a m i n u t i 1 1 a and enlarged 

 at the tip; tail doubly emarginate. Summer: Coloration similar to the 

 Least sandpiper in pattern, but the edgings of the upper feathers pale 

 buffy cinnamon. Winter: Upper parts jjlain grayish with dark shaft 

 streaks, breast mostly without streaks. Young: Marked with buffy and 

 grayish white and the chest tinged with bufify. 



Length 5.5-6.55 inches; extent 11. 5-12. 75; wing 3.25-3.95; tail 1.5- 

 1.65; tarsus .85-.95; middle toe .55-.65; bill .66-. 92. 



