CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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616. Actodromas maculata (V.) Coues, B63i. C420. K634. 



roctoral Sandpipei*. 



617. Actodromas bonapartii (Schl) Coucs. b 533. C42i. u sao. 



Wblte-rumpod Sandpiper. 



618. Actodromas cooperi (IJcl.) Cones, b 527. c 422. r 535. (?) 



Coopor'8 Sandpiper. 



619. Actodromas acuminata (Ilorsf.) Ridg. b — . c — . u 633. (J a.) 



Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



620. Arquatella maritima (BrUim.) Bd. b 628. c 423. u 530. 



Purple Sandpiper. 



621. Arquatella couesi Ridg. b— . c— . U63i. 



Aleutian Sandpiper. 



622. Arquatella ptilocnemis (Coucs) Ridg. b — . c i26bu. n 632. 



Prybilov Sandpiper. 



623. Pelidna alpina (L.) Bole, b — . c — . u 639. (o.) 



European Dunlin. 



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610. A. tn3-cQl-3'-tS. Lat. nmcu/ddM, spotted ; macu/a, a spot. 



617. A. bS-nS-par'-tl-!. To Charles Lucicn Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano and Canino. 



618. A. co8p'-6r-!. To William Cooper, Esq. Only one specimen known. 



619. A. Sc-Q-ml-na'-tS. Lat. aruminata, acuminate, sharpened, from acumino; like acuUata 



from aciileus. See Siltn, No. 58. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since observed at St. Michael's, Alaska. Sec Pr. Nat. Mus., 

 iii, 1880, p. 222. 



620. Ar-qu5-tel'-15 mSr-It'-I-m5. Arqiiatflln, for arruatnla, is an arl)itrary diminutive of arf/wt- 



tiis, lient, bowed : tliis is poor Latin for arciuittis, curved, arcuate ; nrcno, I liend ; arctis, 

 a bow, an arc. It refers to the sliglitly curved bill. — Lat. mariliinus, maritime ; mare, 

 the sea. 



621. A. m. cou5s'-i. To Dr. Elliott Coucs, U. S. A. The name of this person is Xorman- 



French, and is still not infrequently found in the nortii of France, jjronounced in two 

 syllables, with the grave accent on tiie last : Cou-es — Coo-iiyz. On the removal of his 

 ancestors to the Isle of Wight, the pronunciation naturally became corrupted into Coir:. 

 Tiie original spelling, thnngli sometimes chnngod to Coires, has been preserved in the 

 family, no grown male members of wiiich are known to be living in the United States 

 excepting the person here in mention ami his brother, Dr. S. F. Coues, U. S. N. The 

 meaning of the word is unknown to us. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since described, from Alaska. Bull. Nutt. Club, v, 1880, p. 100. 



622. A. m. ptn-5c-n5'-nits. Gr. tttIkov, a feather, and Kvriinis, n greave, boot ; the crus being 



feathered to the heel. 



This is the Triiujn crasslrostn's of the orig. ed., very wrongly so named ; also, it is 

 T. fjracllls, Harting. See Coues, Elliott's Prybilov Islands, 1875. 



623. PCl-Id'-n5 al-pi'-nS. ? Gr. rtXiivSt, gray ; from ire'Aoi, some dark color. — Lat. Alpina, 



Alpine ; Alpcs, Alps. See Eremo/ihila, No. 82. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. Only North American as occurring in Green- 

 land. See Newton, Man. Nat. Hist. Greenland, 1875, p. 103, where the Dunlin of 

 Greenland is recognized as distinct from var. americana. 



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