90 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBGENUS ANCYLOCHBILUS KAUP. 



Ancylocheilns KAUP, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. 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.] 



GEOG. DIST. Old World in general ; occasional in eastern North 

 America and Alaska. 



GENUS EURYNORHYNCHUS NILSSON. 



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

 pygmcea LINN. 



[245.] Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus (LINN.). 



Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



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

 Eurynorhynchus pygmceus PEARSON, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. V. 

 1836, 127. 



[B C , R 54 2*, C88 4 .] 



GEOG. DIST. Asia ; in summer along the Arctic coast, in winter 

 southern and southeastern Asia. Accidental on the coast of Alaska 

 (Choris Peninsula). 



GENUS EREUNETES ILLIGER. 



Ereunetes ILLIG. Prodr. 1811, 262. Type, E, petrifi catus ILLIG. 

 = Tringa pusilla LINN. 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (LINN.). 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Tringa pusilla LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 252. 



Ereunetes pusillus CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 195. 



