228 VEKTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



PUKPLE SANDPIPER. Arquatella maritima, (Biunn) Baird. 



GRASS SNIPE. Actodromus maculata, (Vieillot) Coues. 



BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. Actodromas fuscicoUis, (Vieill.) Ridgway. 



LEAST SANDPIPER. Actodromas minutilla (Vieill.) Bj). 



RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. Pelidna alpena americana, Cassin 

 ? CURLEW SANDPIPER. Pelidna subarquata, KTulb.) Cuvier. 



SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. Ereunetes pusillus, iLinnej Cassin. 



SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria, (Linne) Illiger. 



MARBLED GOD WIT. Limosa fedoa, (Linne) Ord. 



HUDSONIAN GODWIT. Limosa haemastica, (Linnej Coues. 



TELL-TALE; GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. Totanus melanoleucus, (Gmel.) 



Yioillot. 

 YELLOW LEGS; LESSER YELLOW SHANKS. Tetanus flavipes, (Gmel.) 



A'ieiilot. 

 SOLITARY SANDPIPER. RhyacopMIus solitarius, ( Wils.) Cassin. 

 WILLET; STONE CURLEW. Symphemia semipalinata, (Gmel.) Hartlaub. 

 FIELD PLOVER; BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. Bartramia longicauda, (Bech- 



stein) Bp. 

 BUFF-BREASTED .SANDPIPER. Tryngites fuscescens, (Vieill) Cabanis. 

 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Tringoides macularius, (Linne) Gray. 

 LONG-BILLED CURLEW. Numenius longii'ostris, Wils. 

 HUDSONIAN CURLEW. Numenius hudsonicus, Latham. 

 ESKIMO CURLEW. Numenius borealis, (Forst.) Latham. 



PHALAROPODID.E. 



? RED PHALAROPE. Phalaropus fulicarius, (Linne) Bp. ' 



? NORTHERN PHALAROPE. Lobipes byperboreus, (Linne) Cuv. 



? WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Steganopus wilsoni, (Sab.) Coues. 



RECUR VIROSTJRID.E. 



? AMERICAN AVOSET, Recurvirostra americana, Gmelin, 

 •? BLACK-NECKED STILT. Himantopus mexicanus, MuUgord. 



ORDER HERODIONES. STORKS AND HERONS. 



Birds of ])eciiliar appearance, with long legs and S-shaped necks, 

 and with broad wings and short tails. Hind toe long, and usually 

 not elevated. Bill long, hard and pointed, with sharp, cutting sur- 

 faces. 



