CONTENTS. 



Genus Recurvirostra or Avocets . 



Recurvirostra avocetta.— Common Avocet 



Genus H^matopus or Oystercatchers . 



Hsematopus ostralegus.— Common Oystercatcher 



Genus Numenius or Curlews .... 

 Numenius arquatus. — Common Curlew . 

 „ pha5opus. — Common Whimbrel 

 „ borealis.— Eskimo Whimbrel 



Genus Phalaropus or Phalaropes 



Phalaropus fulicarius. — Gray Phalarope . 



„ hyperboreus. — Red-necked Phalarope 



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Genus Totanus or Hard-billed Sandpipers 201 



Totanus bartrami. — Bartram's Sandpiper 202 



., pugnax. — Ruff . . . 205 



„ hypoleucus. — Common Sandpiper . 208 



„ macularius. — Spotted Sandpiper 212 



„ ochropus. — Green Sandpiper 215 



,, solitarius. — Solitary Sandpiper . 218 



„ glareola. — Wood Sandpiper 220 



„ flavipes. — Yellovv-leg-ged Sandpiper 223 



„ calidris. — Common Redshank 225 



„ fuscus. — Dusky Redshank 228 



„ glottis. — Greenshank. 231 



„ (stagnatilis. — IVIarsh Sandpiper) 234 



Genus Limosa or Godwits . . 335 



Limosa rufa. — Bar-tailed Godwit . 236 



„ melanura. — Black-tailed Godwit 240 



Genus Ereunetes or Snipe-billed Sandpipers . 244 



Ereunetes griseus. — Red-breasted Snipe 245 



Subfamily SCOLOPACIN^ or CLEFT - FOOTED 



SANDPIPERS and their ALLIES . . . 248 



Genus Strepsilas or Turnstones . 249 



Strepsilas interpres. — Turnstone 250 



