88 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



238. Tringa acuminata (HORSF.). 



Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



Totanus acuminatus HORSF. Linn. Trans. XIII. 1821, 192. 

 Tringa acuminata SWINH. P. Z. S. 1863, 316. 



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



GEOG. DIST. Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south 

 to Java and Australia. 



239. Tringa maculata VIEILL. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Tringa maculata VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV. 

 1819, 465. 



[B 53 i, C 4 2o, R534, C 616.] 



GEOG. DIST. 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. 



240. Tringa fuscicollis VIEILL. 



Wnite-rumped Sandpiper. 



Tringa fuscicollis VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV. 

 1819, 461. 



[B 533 , C 421, R536, C 617.] 



GEOG. DIST. Eastern North America, breeding in the high north. 

 In winter, the West Indies, Central and South America, south to the 

 Falkland Islands. Occasional in Europe. 



241. Tringa bairdii (COUES). 



Baird's Sandpiper. 



Actodromas bairdii COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 194. 

 Tringa bairdii SCL. P. Z. S. 1867, 332. 



[B , C 419, R 537, C 615.] 



GEOG. DIST. Nearly the whole of North and South America, but 

 chiefly the interior of North and the western portions of South 

 America, south to Chili and Patagonia. Breeds in Alaska and on 

 the Barren Grounds. Rare along the Atlantic coast, and not yet 

 recorded from the Pacific coast of the United States. 



