ONTARIO. , _ , ,,".; 



Tail, pale gray, with greenish reflection. Sides'ofctlae neok and entire under- 

 parts uniform deep brownish-red ; under tail-cpverts. tarred, -*"i'ljh j dfysky ; 

 axillars and under wing-coverts white ; bill Ziticl feet jgreenicrfc-ljlajck'. ^ J 5 '"- 



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



So far as at present known, the Curlew Sandpiper is only a 

 straggler on the American continent, about ten or a dozen 

 being all the recorded captures ; it is quite a common British 

 species, and like others peculiar to those eastern lands, may 

 occasionally be wafted westward against its inclinations, but no 

 nest of the species has yet been found on this side of the 

 Atlantic. 



In 1867, the Board of Arts of Western Canada prepared a 

 " catalogue of birds observed in the country," in connection 

 with the collection which, during that year, was sent to the 

 Paris exhibition. The Curlew Sandpiper is named in the 

 catalogue, but no specimen was available for the collection. I 

 have mentioned it here, chiefly with the view of placing the 

 technical description in the hands of those interested, so that 

 they may be able to identify the species should they at any 

 time fall in with it. 



GENUS EREUNETES ILLIGER. 

 07. EREUNETES PUSILLUS (LINN.). 24fi. 



Semipa.lma.ted Sandpiper. 



Ad-ill in summer : above variegate! with black, bay an! ashy or white, 

 eich feither with a black fiel!, re!dbh edge an! whitish tip ; rump an! 

 upper tail-coverts, except the lateral ones, blackish ; tail feathers ashy-gray, 

 the central darker ; primaries dusky, the shaft of the first white ; a dusky line 

 from the bill to the- eye, an! a white superciliary line ; below, pure white, 

 usually rufescent on the breast, an! with more or less dusky speckling 0:1 the 

 throat, breast an: sides usually wanting ; in winter the upper parts mostly 

 plain ashy-gray : but in any plumage or under any variation the species is 

 kno\vn by its small size an! semi-palmate! feet. Length, 5^-6 inches ; 

 win^, 4^-3} ; tars .13, ana mi!!le toe an! claw, about i ; bill variable from 

 to i, averaging . 



HAB. Eastern P.ovince of North America, breeding north of the 

 United States ; south in winter to the West Indies and South America. 



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