152 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



243 a. Tringa alpina pacifica (Coues). 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 



Pelidna pacifica CouES, Pr. Ac Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 189. 

 Tringa alpina pacifica RiDGW. MS. 



[B 530, C 424, ::i 539 «, C 62 ;.] 



Hab. North America in general, breeding far north. Eastern 

 Asia. 



Subgenus ANCYLOCHEILUS Kaup. 



Ancylocheilus Kaup, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 50. Type, Tringa 

 subarqiiata Temm. = T. ferruginea Brunn. 



244. Tringa fenuginea Brunn. 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 

 [B 529, C 425, R 540, C 625.] 

 Hab. Old World in general ; occasional in Eastern North America. 



Genus EURYNORHYNCHUS Nilsson. 



Eurynorhynchus NiLSS. Orn. Suec. II. 1821, 29. Type, Platalea 

 pygmcea Linn. 



[245.] Eurynorhynchus pygmeeus (Linn.). 



Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



Platalea pygvicpa Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 

 Eurynorhynchus pygmceus Pearson, Jour. As. Soc. Bang. V. 1836, 

 127. 



[B — , C — , R 542* C 884.] 



Hab. Asia; in summer along the Arctic coast, in winter Southern 

 and Southeastern Asia. Accidental on the coast of Alaska. 



Genus EREUNETES Illiger. 



Ereunetes Illig. Prodr. 1811,262. Type, E. petrificatus ILLIG. = 

 Tringa pusilla Linn. 



