go CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Subgenus ANCYLOCHEILUS Kaup. 



Ancylocheilus Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 50. 

 Type, Tringa subarquata Temm. = T.ferruginea Brunn. 



244. Tringa ferruginea Brunn. 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa f err ugifiea Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 



[B 529, C 425, R 540, C 625.] 



Geog. Dist. — Old World in general ; occasional in eastern North 

 America and Alaska. 



Genus EURTNORHYNCHUS Nilsson. 



Eurynorhynchus ^ihss. Orn. Suec. II. 182 1, 29. Type, Flatalea 

 pygmcea Linn. 



[245.] Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus (Linn.). 



Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



Platalea pygmcea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 

 Eurynorhynchus pygmceus Pearson, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. V. 

 1836, T27. 



[B— , C— R542^ C884.] 



Geog. Dist. — Asia ; in summer along the Arctic coast, in winter 

 southern and southeastern Asia. Accidental on the coast of Alaska 

 (Choris Peninsula). 



Genus EREUNETES Illiger. 



Ereunetes Illig. Prodr. 181 1, 262. Type, E. petriflcatus Illig. 

 = Tringa pusilla Linn. 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Tringa pusilla Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 252. 



Ereunetes pusillus Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, 195. 



