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Tringa Temminckii, Leisler. 



Leimoniles Temmincku, Kaup. 



Tringa pusilla, 'Linn." Nuttall, Man. ii. 1824, 117. (Nee Linn.) 



This species, a specimen of which we have never had the pleasure of ex- 

 amining, is given by Nuttall as an inhabitant of North America, though in all 

 probability upon insufficient or erroneous data. 



LlMICOLA PYQM^IA, Koch. 



Numenius pygmceus, Latham. 



Tringa elorioidei,, Vieillot, fide Parzudaki. 



Tringa platyrhyncha, Temminck. Nuttall, Man. 1834, ii. 114. 



This marked and very curious Sandpiper is stated by Nuttall to be "of very- 

 rare occurrence in the United States." I have never seen an American speci- 

 men, and its existence in that country must be considered as extremely 

 doubtful. 



In addition to the above, nearly all the hort-billed species of Totanince were 

 considered by the older authors as TringecR. Tringa rufescens, Vieill. of authors, 

 though given as a Tringa as late as 1842, by Audubon, is in all essentials a 

 true Tatler, and very closely related to Actiturus, Bonaparte. 



