ORDER LIMICOL^. 97 



263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tringa macularia Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 249. 



Actitis macularia Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. VIIL 1836, 34. 



[B 543, C 436, R 557, C 638.] 



Geog. Dist. — North and South America, from Alaska south to 

 southern Brazil. Breeds throughout temperate North America, less 

 commonly on the Pacific coast. Occasional in Europe. 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



Numenius Briss. Orn. VL 1760, 311. Type, Scolopax arquata 

 Linn. 



264. Numenius longirostris Wils. 



Liong-billed Curlew. 



Numetiius longirostris Wils. Am. Orn. VIIL 18 14, 24, pi. 64, 

 fig. 4. 



[B 549, C 441, R 558, C 643.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, migrating south to 

 Guatemala, Cuba, and Jamaica. Breeds in the South Atlantic States, 

 and in the interior through most of its North American range. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



[B 550, C 442, R 559, C 645.] 



Geog. Dist. — All of North and South America, including the 

 West Indies ; breeds in the high north, and winters chiefly south of 

 the United States. 



266. Numenius borealis (Forst.). 



Eskimo Curlew^. 



Scolopax borealis Forst. Phil. Trans. LXII. 1772, 411, 431. 

 Numenius borealis Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



