348 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



A. o. u. Genus TRYNQITES. Caban. 



215 (262) TRYNQITES SUBRUFICOLLIS. (Vieill.) Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



North America; more commonly in interior; breeds north of United 

 States; south in winter to South America; not common on 

 Atlantic coast. 



Genus ACTITIS. Illiger. 



216 (263) ACTITIS MACULARIA. (Linn.) Spotted Sandpiper. 



The common Sandpiper of our ponds and streams occurs in North and 

 South America; breeds throughout temperate North America. 



Gends NUMENIUS. Briss. 



217 (264) NUMENIUS LONQIROSTRIS. Wils. Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill 



Curlew. 



Temperate North America; south to Central America and the West 

 Indies ; breeds in southern Atlantic States, and in interior to 

 Canada ; not common on Atlantic coast. 



218 (265) NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 



Throughout North America ; breeding in Arctic regions ; in winter to 

 Gulf States and South America ; common on Atlantic coast during 

 migration s. 



219 (266) NUMENIUS BOREALIS. (Forst.) Eskimo Curlew. Dough Bird. 



Ranges from the Arctic regions where it breeds to South America ; in 

 winter more common in the interior than on the coast ; prefers the 

 fields to the beaches, being often found in company with Golden 

 Plover. 



220 (267) NUMENIUS PH/EOPUS. (Linn.) Whimbrel. 



Not recorded from United States ; it has been taken in Greenland. 



FAMILY CHARADRHD/E. Plovers. 



Genus VANELLUS. Briss. 



221 (269) VANELLUS VANELLUS. (Linn.) Lapwing. 



European species ; occurs in Greenland ; one record for eastern United 



States. 



Genus CHARADRIUS. Linn. 



Subgenus SQUATAROLA. Cuvier. 



222 (270) CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA. (Linn.) Black-bellied Plover. Be-^tle 



Head. 



Ranges from Arctic regions to South America ; breeds in the far north ; 

 common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



Subgenus CHARADRIUS. I>inn. 



223 (271) CHARADRIUS APRICARIUS. Linn. Golden Plover. 



European species, which occurs in Greenland. 



