^fo'^^] T-.velfth Supflcmcvt io the A. O. U. Check-Lhi. 335 



Genus NYCTANASSA Stejneger. 



Nyctanassa Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1887, 295. 

 Type, Artka Tiolacca Linn.eus. 



208. Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.^us). 



Ardca violacea Linn^us, S. N. ed. 10, I, 1758, 143. 

 Nyctanassa violacea Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, V, 1895, 

 XI. 



The following groups of Limicolae are given full generic rank 

 {cf. CouES, Osprey, III, 1899, 144) : 



Genus ARQUATELLA Baird. 



Arquatella Baird, Pacific R. R. Reports, IX, 1858, 717. Type, 

 Tringa niaritima Brunnich. 



235. Arquatella maritima (Brunnich). 



Tringa maritima Brunnich, Orn. Borealis, 1764, 54. 

 Arquatella maritima CouEs, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1861, 183. 



23G. Arquatella couesi Ridgway. 



Arquatella couesi Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, July, 

 1880, 160. 



237. Arquatella ptilocnemis (Coues). 



Tringa ptilocnemis Coues, Elliott's Rept. Seal Isl. Alaska, 

 1873 (not paged). 



Arquatella ptilocnetnis Ridgway, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., Ill, 

 1880, 199. 



Genus ACTODROMAS Kaup. 



Actodromas Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 

 55. Type, Tringa minuta Leisler. 



