BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 209 
August, 1912).—Brooxs (W. S.), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., lix, 1915, 379 
(Demarcation Point, Alaska, May, June; breeding?; Herschel Island, Aug. 
2).—WertmoreE, Bull. 326, U. S. Dept. Agric., 1916, 44 (Porto Rico, rare 
winter visitant). 
[Micropalama] himantopus GunptacH, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 340 (Cuba),— 
Cougs, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 254.—Scrarer and Satvin, Nom. Av. 
Neotr., 1873, 145.—Cory, Hist. Birds West Ind., revised ed., 1886, 26.— 
Sarre, Hand-list, i, 1899, 159.—Forses and Rosinson, Bull. Liverp. 
Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 70 (New York; Yquitos, Peru). 
M{icropalama] himantopus Ripaway, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., x, 1874, 383 (Illinois); 
Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 152.—Covzs, Key N. Am. Birds, 2nd ed., 1884, 623. 
[ Micropelama] himantopus Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 48, no. 10298. 
Ereunetes himantopus SUNDEVALL, Oefv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockholm, 1869, 587, 
602 (Porto Rico; St. Bartholomew).—Srrsoum, Geog. Distr. Charadriide, 
1887, pp. xxiv, 400, fig. 
Tringa douglasii Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii. 1831, 397 (Saskatchewan, Hud- 
son Bay, etc.;=summer adult).—NurTratu, Man. Orn. U.S, and Can., Water 
Birds, 1834, 141. 
Tringa douglassii Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, pl. 66. 
Tringa (Hemipalama) douglasii Nutraut, Man, Orn..U. §. and Can., ii, 1834, 141. 
Tringa (Heminalama) audubonii Nutra, Man. Orn. U.S. and Can., Water Birds, 
1834, 140 (‘‘Hayes River, countries of Hudson’s Bay, lat. 57°”). 
H{emipalama] auduboni Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1845, 578. 
H[emipalama] multistriata ‘‘Licht[enstein] ’’ Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1845, 578. 
Hemipalama multistriata Liotaup, Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 466.—PELzELN, Orn. 
Bras., iii, Abth., 1870, 311; iv Abth., 1870, 457. 
Hemipalma multistriata KNEELAND, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vi,1857, 238 (Keweenaw 
Point, Mich.). 
Himantopus nigricollis (not of Vieillot) Jarpine, Contr. Orn., 1849, 84 (Bermudas; 
see Hurdis, Contr. Orn., 1850, 10). 
Genus EREUNETES Illiger. 
Ereunetes InticeR, Prodromus Orn., 1811, 262. (Type, by monotypy, E. petri- 
ficatus Nliger=Tringa pusilla Linneeus.) 
Symphemia RarinesQuE, Journ. de Physique, lxxxviii, June, 1819, 418. (Type, 
Tringa semipalmata Wilson= T. pusilla Linnzus.) 
Hemipalama Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1825, 187. (Type, 
by original designation, Tringa semipalmata Wilson=T. pusilla Linneus.) 
Heteropoda Nutrauu, Man. Orn. U.S. and Canada, Water Birds, 1834, 135. (Type, 
by original designation, Tringa semipalmata Wilson=T. pusilla Linnzus.) 
Small Eroliine (wing 88-102 mm.) with a distinct web between 
basal phalanges of both outer and middle and inner and middle toes, 
tarsus not more than one-fourth as long as wing, and bare portion 
of tibia shorter than middle toe without claw. 
Bill compressed, straight, variable in length (exposed culmen de- 
cidedly shorter than tarsus to much longer), tapering terminally in 
lateral profile, but in vertical profile narrow from base, with edges 
parallel to near tip, where slightly expanded; nasal groove broad 
basally, contracted distally, extending nearly to base of expanded 
tip of maxilla; mandible with a narrow and rather indistinct lateral 
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