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IT. S. P. E. E. EXP. AlfD SUEYETS — ZOOLOGY — GEUEEAL EEPOET. 



List of specimens. 



EREUNETES, Illiger. 



Ereunetes, Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, 263. 



Semipalama, Bonap. Ob8< Wils. 1825, No. 212. Type Tringa semijialmata. Not of Syn. 1828. 



Heteropoda, Nutt. Man. II, 1834. Not of Latreille, 1804. 



The genus Ereunetes of Illiger has for its type a species, called E. petrificatus by him, from 

 Bahia, supposed to be identical with Tj-inga semipalmata, although the description, "smaller 

 than Actitis Jiypoleucus, the colors similar," leaves much to be desired. 



The bill of our species of Ereunetes is quite stout and considerably expanded, by which it is 

 readily distinguished from Actodromas wilsonii independently of the semipalmated feet. The 

 tarsus and middle toe are about equal ; the tibia denuded anteriorly for about two-thirds the 

 length of tarsus. The basal membrane of toes is more scolloped out interiorly than exteriorly ; 

 the notch externally not quite as deep as to the first joint, although the membrane extends 

 beyond the second. There is a tendency to hexagonal sub-division in the bare portion of tibia 

 anteriorly. The tail is doubly emarginate. 



EREUNETES PETRIFICATUS, 111, 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



? Tringa ptmlla, hims. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 252. 



.Ere«neto^*i;5cato, Illiger, Prod. 1811,262. (Proved identical mtli Tringa semipalmata, WiU. by Cabanis.) from 



actual examination of original specimen in Berlin Mus. 

 Tringa smipahnata, Wilson, Am. Orn. Vll, 1813, 131 ; pi. Ixiii.— Sw. F. B. A. II, 381.— Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 



111 ; pi. 408.— Ib. Syn 236.— Ib Birds Amer. T, 1842, 277; pi. 336. 

 Tringa (Emipalama) semipalmata, Bon. Obs. Wile 1825 ; No. 212. 

 Tringa {Heleropoda) aemipaVmala, Nutt Man. II, 1834, 136. 

 Helerepoda semipalmata, Bon. List, 1838. 

 Eremetes semipalmaius. Cab. Schomburgk's Eeise, III, 758.— Bon. Comptes Kendus, XLIII, Sept. 1856. — Cabanis, 



Journ. Nov. 1856, 419. (Cuba.) 

 Tringa Irevirosiris, Spix, Av. Bras. II, 1825, 76. 

 fHderopoda maun, Bon. Comp. List, 1838. 

 Ereunetes maun, Gundl. Cab. Jour. 1856. 419. 

 Hendpdlama minor, Gundlaoh, Lembeye, Av. Cuba. 



Figures -Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, pi. 63, fig. 4.— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 405, oot. ed. V, pi. 336.— Spix, B. of BrazU, II, pi. 93. 



