376 CHAEADEIID^. 



regione parotica brunneis ; fascia supralorali et palpebris albis ; facie laterali albida, brunneo lineata ; 

 gala et corpore reliqno subtns albis, coUo laterali et pectoris smnmi lateribas bmnneis ; g:nttiire imo et 

 praepectore brunneo striolatis; subalaribus et axillaribus nigricantibus, ilUs albo marginatis, his regulariter 

 albo transfasciatis : rostro virescenti-nigro ; pedibus virescenti-cinereis ; iride brunnea. Long, tota 

 circa 8-0, alee 5-5, caudse 2-2, culm. 1-35, tarsi 1'3. (Descr feminae adultae ex Duenas. Mus. nostr.) 

 Ptil. cestiv. ptilosi hiemali similiB, sed ubique albo maculatim notatus, pileo quasi striolato : subtus pure albus, 

 gutture imo nigro striolato. Long, tota 7"6, alae 5"2. (Descr. feminae adultae ex Brownsville, Texas. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. NoETH America, breeding occasionally in the Northern United States, more 

 commonly northward [H. solitarius) ^^ ; Pacific coast-region, eastward to the Plains 

 {H. cinnamomeus) ^i. — Mexico ^s [Wagler^^, Deppe & Schiede^^), San Diego ^ and 

 Cachuta^", Sonora (Sobinette^), Eio Grande, near Matamoros (Dresser ^^), Mazatlan 

 [Grayson ^^), city of Mexico [White ^^), Tapana, Tehuantepec city [Sumichrast ^^}, 

 Sierra San Domingo, Tehuantepec, Aguas Calientes [Richardson^''), Cuajimalpa 

 (Tacubaya), Las Vigas, Puebla, Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz [Ferrari-Perez -•), 

 Cordova [Salle * i^), N. Yucatan, Holbox I. ( Gaumer 2"), Tabi [F. D. G. ^) ; Beitish 

 HoNDUEAS [Blancaneaux ^) ; Guatemala [Skinner ^*), San Geronimo, Duenas 

 [0. S. 11 1*) ; HoNDUEAS, San Pedro [Whitely ^^), Ruatan I. [Gaumer'^) ■ Nicaeagua, 

 Rio Escondido [Richmond ^^) ; Costa Rica [v. Frantziiis^), San Jose [Cherrie^, 

 Call^a^^, Carmiol^^^'^), Volcan de Miravalles^^, Reventazon, Alajuela, Tala- 

 manca, Jimenez [Underwood, in litt.) ; Panama ^^ i^, Castillo 2*, Volcan de Chiriqui 

 [Jrce^^),lAon. Hill ^4 27 [M'Leannan). — South Ameeica generally in winter "'^; 

 West Indies ^7. 



An Eastern and a Western race of the Solitary Green Sandpiper are recognized by 

 American ornithologists, the Western bird, R. cinnamomeus, being an inhabitant of the 

 Pacific coast, and distinguished by the cinnamon tint of the light spots on the plumao-e. 

 Intermediate specimens between the Western and Eastern forms are not unfrequent, as 

 is often the case between birds from the Atlantic and Pacific regions of North America ; 

 and as the existence of such specimens is admitted, we fail to see that two independent 

 races can be upheld, though the interesting fact must be recorded that the Green 

 Sandpipers from Western North America do show more rufescent spots than those 

 from the eastern side. 



Little is known of its nesting-habits, common though the bird may be, and it is 

 probable that the Solitary Sandpiper, like its European ally [E. ochropus), builds in 

 trees, and selects the deserted nest of some other species. 



H. solitarius frequents the banks of tidal rivers and creeks, feeding on small Crustacea 

 and worms, like other birds of its class, and on migration is found inland. 



HETERACTITIS. 

 Heteractitis, Stejneger, Auk, i. p. 236 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 449 (1896). 

 This genus, which belongs to the Tattlers, is not far removed from Totanus, 



