240 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
‘““ weet-weet” of this bird, as it skims over the water like the European 
Common Sandpiper, is very familiar to residents in the islands. 
Genus ACTITURUS, Bp. 
117. Actiturus bartramius, (Wils.) Bp. Bartram’s Sandpiper. 
Tringa bartramia, Wils., Aud., Gir., Putn., Trippe. 
Tringa (Euliga) bartramia, Nutt. 
Totanus bartramius, Temm., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Aud., Hoy. 
Actiturus bartramius, Bp., Bd., Coues & Prent., Hayd., Verr., Allen, Coues, 
Lawr., Scl., Dress., Cab., and late authors. ; 
Tringoides bartramius, Gray, Pelz. 
Actitis bartramius, Schl. 
Tringa longicauda, Bechs., Naum. 
Actiturus longicaudus, Blas. 
Bartramius longicaudus, Bp. 
Totanus variegatus, Vieil. 
Bartramia laticauda, Less. 
Length, about 12; wing, 64; tail, 34. 
Hab.—North America, north to the Yukon; not observed in United 
States west of the Rocky Mountains; Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia; 
winters in Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America to Brazil; 
casual in Europe; Australia. (Coues.) 
No early records. One in my collection was shot by Gibbs at Penis- 
ton’s Pond on September 20, 1874. It was a single bird, and was in 
company with a flock of small Sandpipers at the time. Lieutenant 
Denison, Royal Engineers, shot a second specimen in afield near Penis- 
ton’s Pond on the 18th September, 1875. 
Genus NUMENIUS, Linn. 
118. Numenius hudsonicus, Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. 
Scolopax borealis, Gm., Wils. 
Numenius borealis, Ord., Brewer. 
Numenius hudsonicus, Lath., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Bd., Reinh., 
Dress., and late authors generally. 
Numenius intermedius, Nutt. 
Numenius rufiventris, Vig. 
Numenius pheopus, Cab., Pelz. 
Numenius brasiliensis, Maxim. 
Length, about 18; wing, 9; tail, 4; bill, 3 to 4. 
Hab.—North America; Greenland; Central and South America; no 
West Indian record; migratory through United States; winters in South- 
ern States and far beyond. (Coues.) 
Appears early in August, in limited numbers, and is so wary that very 
few are ever obtained. Mr. Hurdis says: ‘‘In August and September 
the loud whistle of this Curlew is sometimes heard on the shores of Ber- 
