112 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS MICROPALAMA BAIRD. 



Micropalama BAIRD, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., IX, 1858, 726. 

 Type, by orig. desig., Tringa himantopus BONAPARTE. 



Micropalama himantopus (BONAPARTE). Stilt Sandpiper. [233.] 



Tringa himantopus BONAPARTE, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y., II, 1826, 157. 

 (Long Branch, New Jersey.) 



RANGE. North and South America. Breeds near the coast of 

 Mackenzie and probably south to central Keewatin ; winters in South 

 America south to Uruguay and Chile; casual in winter in southern 

 Texas and Mexico ; in migration occurs in western Mississippi Valley, 

 West Indies, and Central America; less common on the Atlantic coast, 

 and casual in British Columbia, Newfoundland, and Bermuda. 



GENUS TRINGA LINN^US. 



Tringa LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 148. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Tringa canutus LINNAEUS (Gray, 1840). 



Tringa canutus LINN^US. Knot. [234.] 



Tringa canutus LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 149. (Sweden.) 



RANGE. Northern and Southern hemispheres. Breeds from 

 northern Ellesmere Land south to Melville Peninsula and Iceland, 

 and also on Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia; winters south to southern 

 Patagonia, and from the Mediterranean to South Africa, India, 

 Australia, and New Zealand; casual in winter on the Atlantic coast of 

 United States; in migration occurs on the Atlantic coast of North 

 America and over most of the Eastern Hemisphere; rare in the inte- 

 rior of North America and on the Pacific coast. 



GENUS ARQUATELLA BAIRD. 



Arquatella BAIRD, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., IX, 1858, 717. Type, 

 by monotypy, Tringa maritima BRUNNICH. 



