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beetles, and small brown larvae (Aquatic Birds, p. 368). The young feed chiefly 

 on insects and their larvae, and are accompanied and no doubt aided in their 

 search for the same by both parents, [w. F.] 



The following species and subspecies are described in the supplementary chapter 

 on " Rare Birds " : 



Broadbilled-sandpiper, Limicola platyrhyncha (Temminck). 



American pectoral-sandpiper, Pelidna maculdta maculdta (Vieillot). [Tringa 



maculdta Vieillot.] 

 Siberian pectoral-sandpiper, Pelidna maculdta acumindta (Horsfield). [Tringa 



acumindta (Horsfield).] 



Baird's sandpiper, Pelidna bairdii (Coues). {Tringa bairdi (Coues).] 

 Bonaparte's sandpiper, Pelidna fuscicollis (Vieillot). [Tringa fuscicollis 



Vieillot.] 



American-stilt, Pelidna minutilla (Vieillot). {Tringa minutilla (Vieillot).] 

 Temminck's stilt, Pelidna temminckii (Leisler). {Tringa temmincld (Leisler).] 

 Buffbreasted-sandpiper, Pelidna subruficollis (Vieillot). {Tringites rufescens 



(VieiUot).] 



Semipalmated-sandpiper, Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus). 

 Bartram's sandpiper, Bartrdmia longicauda (Bechstein). 

 Marsh-sandpiper, Totanus stagndtilis Bechstein. 

 American spotted-sandpiper, Totanus maculdrius (Linnaeus). 

 Solitary-sandpiper, Totanus solitdrius (Wilson). 

 American-yellowshank, Totanus flaw pes (Gmelin). 

 Greater-yellowshank, Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin). 

 Spotted or dusky-redshank, Totanus fuscus (Linnaeus). 

 Redbreasted-sandpiper, Macrorhdmphus griseus (GmeUn). 

 Slenderbilled-curlew, Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot. 

 Eskimo-curlew, Numenius boredlis (Forster). 



[F. c. B. j.] 



