ACTITURUS. TRINGOIDES. 173 



Tringoides rufescens, Gray, p. 161. 



Tryngites rufescens, Gould, iv. pi. 64; Dresser, viii. p. 111. 



Tringites rufescens, Harting, p. 138. 



The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 634. 



Rufescens = becoming red, reddish ; from rufus = red. 



A rare straggler to Great Britain. Common in North 

 America, migrating as far south as Brazil in winter. 



Genus ACTITURUS, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. Met. An. 

 Vert., Agg. p. 143 (1831). 



Actltwrus = with the tail (ovpa) of an Actitis. 



Actiturus longicauda, BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa longicauda, Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. aller 

 bek. Vogel, p. 453 (1811). 



Actitis bartrami, Naum. viii. p. 43, xiii. p. 238. 



Tringoides bartramius, Gray, p. 162. 



Totanus bartramii, Yarr. ed. 3, ii. p. 632. 



Actiturus bartramius, Gould, iv. pi. 63; Harting, p. 137. 



Actiturus longicaudus, Dresser, viii. p. 119. 



Bartram^s Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, 2nd suppl. p. 40. 



Longicauda = a long-tailed (bird) ; from longus+cauda. 



. A rare straggler to the British Islands. Common in the 

 BORthcrn States of North America, where it breeds, migrating 

 southwards in winter as far as Brazil/ ^z^^ &'<'. 



Genus TRINGOIDES, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. An. Vert, 

 p. 58 (1831). 



Tringoides, a hybrid word from tringa and etfos = form. 



Tringoides hypoleucus. COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Hypoleucos, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 250 (1766). 



Actitis hypoleucos, Naum. viii. p. 7; Macg. iv. p. 351; 

 Gould, iv. pi. 58. 



