ORDER LIMICOL^. I49 



233. Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). 



stilt Sandpiper. 



Trini^a himantopus Bonap. Ann, Lye. N. Y. II. 1826, 157. 

 Micropalama himantopus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 726. 



[B 536, C 416, R 528, C 611.] 



Hab. Eastern Province of North America, breeding north of the 

 United States, and migrating in winter to the West Indies and Cen- 

 tral and South America. 



Genus TRINGA Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus TRINGA. 



Tringa Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148. Type, by elimination, T. 

 canutus LiNN. 



234. Tringa canutus Linn. 



Knot. 



Trin-^a canutus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 149. 



[B 526, C 426, R 529, C 626.] 



Hab. Nearly cosmopolitan. Breeds in high northern latitudes, 

 but visits the Southern Hemisphere during its migrations. 



Subgenus ARQUATELLA Baird. 



Arquatella Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 714. Type, Tringa mariiima 

 Brunn. 



235. Tringa maritima Brunn. 



Purple Sandpiper. 



Tringa maritima Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 54. 

 [B 528, C 423, R 530, C 620.] 



Hab. Northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere ; in North 

 America chiefly the northeastern portions, breeding in the high north, 

 migrating in winter to the Eastern and Middle States, the Great Lakes, 

 and the shores of the larger streams in the Mississippi Valley. 



