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SCOLOPACID.E — THE SNIPE FAMILY — EREUNETES, 



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nmnded and sciittcrcd iimrkiugs of histri'; tlioso markings are larger and more 

 numerous at the ol)tuse end. The eggs range from 1.47 to 1.50 inehes in length, and 

 have a breadth of one inch. Anotlu-r set (No. 11.'331), obtained in 18(50, have spots 

 that are larger and more couHueiit about tlu' greater end, and are nu)re rounded in 

 .shai)e. varying betweeji 1.4r> and 1.4() inclu'S in length, and iu breadth between 1.05 

 and 1.10 inches. 



Gents EREUNETES, Illkjkk. 



Ercunctcs, Ii.i.kikk, riodromus, 1811, HS'l (lyiic, J-J. pclrijictitiis, Ii.mc;., = Triurjn pusilla, LiXN.) 

 JJiiiiijui/niiKi, lloNAI'. ()1)S, Wils. 182"), no. 212 (•saiiio type). 

 Jlderojmla, Xutt. Mini. II. lS;il, 135 (nre L.vii!i:il,i.i;, 1S04). 



Char. Size snuill ; anterior toes wel)))C(l at tlie biise ; a well-developed hind toe. Bill about 

 as long as or a Utile lunger tliau tlie head, straiglit, somewhat ex[)an(Ied at the end, about as long 

 as the tarsus ; niiildle toe more than hall' as long as tlie tarsus ; bare portion of tibia nearly C(pial 

 to tlie niitblle toe. 



The bill of J'Jreunctm hi ipiite stout and considerably ex[ian(led, by which it is readily distin- 

 1,'iiished from Actodrnmun minutilla independently of the semipalmated feet. The tarsus and mid- 

 dle toe are about ci[ual ; the tibia denuded antei'ioily for about two thirds the length of tarsus. 

 Tile basal membrane of toes is more scolloped out interiorly than exteriorly ; the notch externally 

 not (piite as deep as to the fir.st joint, although the membrane cxtend.s beyond the second. There 

 is a tcMuleney to hexagonal subdivision in the bare portion of tiliia anteriorly. The tail is doubly 

 eniarginate. 



But one species is known, the common Semipalmated Sandpiper or " Peep." 



Ereunetes pusillus. 



THE SEHIPALKATED SANDPIFEB. 



a. pusillus. 



Tringa imsillri, Linn. S. X. I. 1766, 252. 



Ercunctcs }uisilliis,i\i<!i. Pr. Ac. Nat. .Sci. Philad. XIII. 1860, 19.5. — - Couks, Key, 1872, 254; 



Check List, 1873, no. 417; 2d ed. 1880, no. 612; Birds X. W. 1874, 481 (part). — Ridgw. 



Xom. X. Am. H. 1881, no. 541. 

 Ercunctcs pclrifcattis, Ii.i.m. Prndr. 1811, 262 (Bahin). — Cass, in Baird'.s B. X. Am. 1858, 724 



(part). — Baikd, Cut. N. Am. B. 185i>, no. 535. 

 Triwja xcmipalmata, WiLs. Am. Oin. VII. 1813, 131, pi. 63, fig. 3. — Sw. & I.'icH. F. B. A. II. 



1831, 381. —AUD. Orn. Biog. V. 183S>, HI, pL 408 ; Synop. 1839, 236 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 277, 



pi. 336. 

 Trinija (Hctcropoila) scmipalmnld, XuTT. Man. II. 1834, 136. 

 Tringa brcvimstris, Srix, Av. Bras. II. 1825, 76, pi. 93. 

 Tringa nrissoni, I.l'.ss. Man. II. 1828, 277. 

 Ilctcrnpoda Mauri, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 49. 

 Hcmipalania minor, Lemb. Av. Cuba, 1850, 97. 



h. occidentalis. 



Ercunctcs occidcntnlis, Lawr. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1804, 107. 

 Ercunctcs pusil! an, var. occidentalis, Coues, Chock List, 1873, no. 417 «. 



Ercunctcs pusillus occidentalis, RiDOW. Xom. X. Am. B. 1881, no. 541 a, — CouES, Check List, 2d 

 ed. 1882, no. 613. 



Ercuiutcs pusillus, > ^^^^ (citations of western localities). 

 Ercunctcs pctrifcatus, ) 



Had. The whole of North and Middle, and a considerable portion of South, America ; through- 

 out the West Indies ; Bermuda ; south to New Granada and Brazil ; breeding chiefly, if not 



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