234 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
(Nat. in B., p. 43). A third was obtained on Pearl Island on Septem- 
ber 10, 1874, by Captain Kirkwood, Fifty-third Regiment. This speci- 
men was preserved by Captain Rooke, who kindly presented it to me. 
‘Three were shot at Peniston’s Pond on the 17th September, 1875, by 
Lieutenant Festing, Twentieth Regiment, and examined by Lieutenant 
Denison, Royal Engineers. 
Genus MICROPALAMA, Bd. 
104. Micropalama himantopus, (Bp.) Bd. Stilt Sandpiper. 
Tringa himantopus, Bp., Less., Sw. & Rich., Aud., Gir., Schl. 
Tringa (Hemipalama) himantopus, Bp., Nutt. 
Hemipalama himantopus, Bp., DeKay. 
Micropalama himantopus, Bd., Salv., Coues, Lawr., Scl., Dress., Scl. & Salv., 
Allen, and later authors. 
Ereunetes himantopus, Sund. 
Micropalama himantopus, Gray. 
Hemipalama multistriata, Gray, Pelz. 
Tringa (Hemipalama) auduboni, Nutt. 
Length, 85 to 9; wing, 54; tail, 24; tarsus, 13. 
Hab.—North America generally; not observed west of Rocky Mount- 
-alns; rare in the United States. West Indies; Central America; most 
-of South America. (Coues.) 
Colonel Wedderburn killed two, one of which he unfortunately lost, . 
in the beginning of August, 1848. Lieutenant Denison, Royal Engi- 
neers, records another, shot by Lieutenant Festing, Twentieth Regi- 
ment, at Peniston’s Pond, early in September, 1875. 
Genus EREUNETES, Illiger. 
105. Hreunetes pusillus, (Linn.) Cass. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
Tringa pusilla, Linn., Gm., Lath., Schl. 
Ereunetes pusillus, Cass., Coues, and most late U.S. authors, 
Ereunetes petrificatus, Ill., Cass., Hayd., Trippe, Snow. 
Tringa semipalmata, Wils., Vieil., Sw. & Rich., Aud., Gir., Newb. 
Tringa (Hemipalama) semipalmata, Bp. 
Tringa (Heteropoda) semipalmata, Nutt. 
Heteropoda semipalmata, Bp., DeKay, Gray. 
Hreunetes semipalmata, Cab., Bp. 
Pelidna brissoni, Less. 
Heteropoda mauri, Bp., Gundl. 
Hemipalama minor, Lemb. 
Ereunetes oecidentalis, Lawr. 
Length, 63; wing, 33; tail, 12. 
Hab.—The whole of North, Central, and most of South America. 
(Coues). 
A regular visitor, arriving about the 1st August, or a few days earlier, 
and found in small flocks in the sandy bays, and on the margins of the 
open brackish ponds throughout the islands. They do not remain long. 
