150 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [12] 



537. Actodroniasbairdi Coues. Baird's Sandpiper. Western 



America, from arctic regions to Patagonia and Buenos 

 Ayres, but breeding only far northward. 



*«. No. 88843. $ ad. Point Barrow, Alaska, June 11, 1882; M. Smith. 

 *b. No. 69793. $ juv. Camp Crittenden, Arizona, September 12, 1874 ; 

 H. W. Henshaw. 



538. Actodroma§ minntilla (Yieill.)- Least Sandpiper. [532.] 



All of America, but breeding only in colder portions 



of northern continent. 

 *a. No. 59703. Ad. Isthmus Tehuautepec, November 10, 1869 ; F. 



Sumichrast. 

 *b. No. 80072. 2 juv. Fort Tejon, California; J. Xantus. 



[539.] Pelidna alpina (Linn.). European Dunlin. Palsearctic 

 region; casual in Greenland and vicinity of Hudson's 

 Bay. 



539a. Pelidna alpina americana (Cass.). Bed-backed Sand- 

 piper. [530.] North America and Northeastern 

 Asia, breeding far northward. 



*a. No. 88379. $ ad. Point Barrow, Alaska, June 5, 1883; J. Murdoch. 



*b. No. 88870. $ ad. Point Barrow, Alaska, Juno 4, 1882 ; J. Murdoch. 



c. No. 79166. Ad., winter plumage. Stockton, California, December, 



1879 ; L. Belding. 



d. No. 88874. £juv. Point Barrow, Alaska, July 20, 1882; J. Murdoch. 



[540.] Pelidna subarquata(Gnld.). Curlew Sandpiper. [529.] 

 Palsearctic region ; casual in Eastern North America. 



541, Ereanetes pusillus (Linn.). Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



[535.] Northern and Eastern North America, and, 



in winter, nearly the whole of tropical America; 



breeding toward arctic coast. 

 a. No. 55596. $ ad. Fort Macon, North Carolina, May 4, 1869 ; Dr. 



E. Coues. 

 *b. No. 34459. 9 ad. Republican Fork, Kansas, May 23, 1864; Dr. E. 



Coues. 

 *c. No. 88834. Juv. Point Barrow, Alaska, July 29, 1882 ; J. Murdoch. 



541a. Ereunetes pusillus ©ccidentalis (Lawr.). Western 

 Sandpiper. Western North America, breeding in 

 Alaska, 



*a. No. 89256. Ad. Kodiak, Alaska ; F. Bischoff. 



*b. No. 40947. Ad., winter. San Pedro, California ; Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A. 



542. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). Sanderling-. [534.] Nearly 



cosmopolitan during migrations, but breeding only 



far northward. 

 *a. No. 40943. Ad. San Pedro, California, November, 1865; Dr. E 



Coues, U. S. A. 

 *£. No. 70380. Juv. Ainsworth, Illinois, September, 1874; E.W.Nelson. 



