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GENUS BARTRAMIA LESSON. 



Bartramia LESS. Traite", 1831, 553. Type, B. laticauda LESS. 

 = Tringa longicauda BECHST. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (BECHST.). 



Bartramian Sandpiper. 



Tringa longicauda BECHST. Uebers. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1812, 



453- 

 Bartramitis longicaudus BONAP. Rev. etMag. Zool. XX. 1857, 59. 



[B 545, C 438, R 555, C 640.] 



GEOG. DIST. North America, mainly east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, north to Nova Scotia and Alaska, breeding throughout most 

 of its North American range ; migrating in winter southward, as far 

 as Brazil and Peru. Occasional in Europe. 



GENUS TRYNGITES CABANIS. 



Tryngites CAB. Jour, fur Orn. 1856, 418. Type, Tringa rufes- 

 cens VIEILL. = T. subruficollis VIEILL. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis (VIEILL.). 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



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



1819, 465. 



Tryngites subruficollis RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 

 356. 



[B 546, C 439. R 556, C 641.] 



GEOG. DIST. North America, especially in the interior; breeds 

 in the Yukon district and the interior of British America, northward 

 to the Arctic coast ; South America in winter as far as Uruguay and 

 Peru. Of frequent occurrence in Europe. 



GENUS ACTITIS ILLIGER. 

 Actitis ILLIG. Prodr. 1811, 262. Type, Tringa hypoleucos LINN*. 



