348 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



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NO. 



Gkm8 TRYNGITE5. Caban. 



215 (262) TRYNQITES SUBRUFICOLLIS. (Vieill.) Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



North America ; more commonly in interior ; breeds north of United 

 States ; south in winter to South America ; not common on 

 Atlantic coast. 



Genus ACTITIS. Illiger. 



216 (20.3) ACTITIS MACULARIA. (Linn.) Spotted Sandpiper. 



The common Sandpiper of our ponds and streams occurs in North and 

 South America ; breeds throughout temperate North America. 



Genus NUMENIUS. Briss. 



217 (204) NUMENIUS LONQIROSTRIS. Wils. Long-billed Curlew. Siclcle-bill 



Curlew. 



Temperate North America ; south to Central America and the West 

 Indies ; breeds in southern Atlantic States, and in interior to 

 Canada ; not common on Atlantic coast. 



218 (20.5) NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 



Throughout North America ; breeding in Arctic regions ; in winter to 

 Gulf States and South America ; common on Atlantic coast during 

 migrations. 



219 (200) NUMENIUS BOREALIS. (Forst.) Eskimo Curlew. Dough Bird. 



Ranges from the Arctic regions where it breeds to South America ; in 

 winter more common in the interior than on the coast ; prefers the 

 fields to the beaches, being often found in company with Golden 

 Plover. 



220 (207) NUMENIUS PH/EOPUS. (Linn.) Whimbrel. 



Not recorded from United States ; it has been taken in Greenland. 



FAMILY CHARADRHD/E. Plovers. 



Genus VANELLUS. Briss. 



221 (20.)) VANELLUS VANELLUS. (Linn.) Lapwing. 



European species ; occurs in Greenland ; one record for eastern United 

 States. 



Genus CHARADRIUS. Linn. 



.Subgenus SQUATAROLA. Cuvier. 



222 (270) CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA. (Linn.) Black=beined Plover. Be-^tle 



Head. 



Kangos from Arctic regions to South America ; breeds in the far north ; 

 common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



Subgenus CHARADRIUS. Linn. 



223 (271) CHARADRIUS APRICARIUS. Linn. Golden Plover. 



European species, which occurs in Greenland. 



