152 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



243 a. Tringa alpina pacifica (COUES). 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Pelidna pacifica COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 189. 

 Tringa alpina pacifica RIDGW. MS. 



[B 530, C 424, R 539 a, C 624.] 



HAB. North America in general, breeding far north. Eastern 

 Asia. 



SUBGENUS ANCYLOCHEILUS KAUP. 



Ancylocheilus KAUP, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 50. Type, Tringa 

 subarquata TEMM. = T.ferruginea BRUNN. 



244. Tringa ferruginea BRUNN. 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea BRUNN. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 

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

 HAB. Old World in general ; occasional in Eastern North America. 



GENUS EURYNORHYNCHUS NILSSON. 



Eurynorhynchus NILSS. Orn. Suec. II. 1821, 29. Type, Platalea 

 pygmcea LINN. 



[245.] Eurynorhynchus pygmeeus (LINN.). 



Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



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

 Eurynorhynchus pygmtzus PEARSON, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. V. 1836, 

 127. 



[B , C , R 542*, C 884.] 



HAB. Asia; in summer along the Arctic coast, in winter Southern 

 and Southeastern Asia. Accidental on the coast of Alaska. 



GENUS EREUNETES ILLIGER. 



Ereunetes ILLIG. Prodr. 1811,262. Type, E. petrificatus ILLIG. = 

 Tringa pusilla LINN. 



