EREUKETES. CALIDRIS. ]27 



(migration) ; Brabourne et Chubb, 13. S. Amer. i. p. 42, iin. -108, 

 1912. 

 Ereunetes semipal/iiafiis (Wil?.), Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Gnian. iii. 

 p. 758, 184S. 



"Little Peep or "Wilson's Sandpiper'' (QuelcJi). 



Adult female. General colour above dark brown with rut'escent 

 or whitish edges to the feathers; median and greater npper wing- 

 c»)verts somewhat paler tlian the back, the latter tipped with 

 white ; middle of rump and median upper tail-coverts black ; 

 sides of rump and lateral upper tail-coverts white ; tail pale 

 brown, rather darker on the two central feathers ; bastard-^Ying, 

 piimary-coverts, and pi-imary-quills blackish ; secondaries more 

 or less white at the base ; loral streak and eyebrow white ; a faint 

 dark line from the bill to the eye ; throat and entire under 

 surface white ; axillaries pale grey; under wing-coverts white 

 freckled with black on the marginal portion. Bill black, 

 becoming greenish olive on the basal part of the mandible : 

 feet greenish olive ; iris dark brown." 



Total length 150 mm., cnlmen 24, wing 100, tail 41, tarsus 23. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female. Wing 93 mm. 



The description of the female is taken from an example collected 

 on the Abary River in November 1906. 



This species breeds in Arctic America and migrates to South 

 America in winter, 



Jiauqe in BritisJi Guiana. Ituribisi River, Essequebo River, 

 Abary River (^fcConnell collection). 



E.rtralimital liange. Peru and South-east Brazil, Centi'al 

 America, West India Islands, and Xortli America. 



If(d>ifs. Sfhomburgk says (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 758) that this 

 bird is found in large flocks on the sand-banks of the coast, like 

 T. canutus = (.'anutus rufas, p. 131. 



Mr. J. J. Qiielch mentions this species as a migrant to Briti>li 

 (iuiana. 



GeiHis CALIDRIS Illig. 



C<iH(lris Illif^or, Prodr. Syst. Maiiuii. ct Av. p. 2l!l. Isll. Type 

 C. Iriicojihud (Vroci;). 



This genus is cllaracteri.^ed by having no Iiind-toe. and tlic 

 bill about e<]ual in length to that of the tarsu.?. 



