BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



317 



Curlew sandpiper. Erolia ferruginea (Briinnich). From Audubon, iSiWs 0/ .4mer)ra. About j nat. size 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper 



Plate 35 



Tringa pusilla Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. 1766. 1:252 

 Heteropoda semipalmata DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 236, fig. 195 

 Ereunetes pusilla A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 246 



ereune'tes, Gr. cpewj/Ti^s, searcher or prober; pusil'lus, Lat. small 



Description. Toes with basal membrane, that between the middle 

 and outer extending to the second joint, and all the toes slightly margined; 

 bill straight, much wider than in Tringa minutilla and enlarged 

 at the tip; tail doubly emarginate. Summer: Coloration similar to the 

 Least sandpiper in pattern, but the edgings of the upper feathers pale 

 buflfy cinnamon. Winter: Upper parts plain grayish with dark shaft 

 streaks, breast mostly without streaks. Young: Marked with buffy and 

 grayish white and the chest tinged with buffy. 



Length 5.5-6.55 inches; extent 11.5-12.75; wing 3.25-3.95; tail 1.5- 

 1.65; tarsus .85-.95; middle toe •55-.65; bill .66-. 92. 



