150 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



236. Tringa couesi (RIDGW.). 



Aleutian Sandpiper. 



Arquatella couesi RIDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. July, 1880, 160. 

 Tringa couesi HARTLAUB, Journ. f. Orn. 1883, 280. 



[B C , R 531, C 621.] 

 HAB. Aleutian Islands and coast of Alaska, north to St. Michael's. 



237. Tringa ptilocnemis COUES. 



Prybilof Sandpiper. 



Tringa ptilocnemis COUES, ELLIOTT'S Alaska, 1873 ( not P a ged). 



[B , C 426 bis, -R 532, C 622.] 

 HAB. Prybilof Islands, Alaska. 



SUBGENUS ACTODROMAS KAUP. 



Actodromas KAUP, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 37. Type, Tringa 

 minuta LEISL. 



238. Tringa acuminata (HORSF.). 



Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



Tetanus acuminatns HORSF. Linn. Trans. XIII. 1821, 192. 

 Tringa acuminata SWINH. P. Z. S. 1863, 315. 



[B- C , R 533 , C6i 9 .] 



HAB. Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south to Aus- 

 tralia. 



239. Tringa maculata VIEILL. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Tringa maculata VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. XXXIV. 1819, 465. 

 [B 531, C 420, R 534, C 6i6.J 



HAB. The whole of North America, the West Indies, and the 

 greater part of South America. Breeds in the Arctic regions. Of 

 frequent occurrence in Europe. 



