248 AVES : LIMICOLA. — XXXVIII. 
long. L.12}. W. 7}. T.3}. B.2}. N.Am.,, frequent. (péAas, 
black ; Aeuxds, white.) 
773. T. flavipes (Gmelin). YELLow Lees. Colors as in pre- 
ceding; nasal groove more than half bill; smaller; legs longer. 
L.11. W. 6}. T. 24. B. 1%. U.S. abundant. (Lat., flavus, 
yellow ; pes, foot.) 
394b. HELODROMAS Kaup. 
aa. Tarsus much less than 1} times middle toe and claw; legs dusky. 
774, H. solitarius (Wilson). Soxirary TarTtTierR. Olive 
brown, sparsely speckled with whitish above ; below white; breast 
dusky ; bill straight and slender. L. 9. W. 5. T. 2}. B. 14. 
N. Am., abundant about secluded ponds. 
395. SYMPHEMIA Rafinesque. (ovv, with; pnyi, I speak; in 
allusion to their noisy discussions.) 
775. &. semipalmata (Gmelin). Witter. Brownish gray, 
varied with dusky, mostly whitish below. L. 15 or 16. W. 7}. 
T. 3. B. 24. N. Am., common coastwise. The larger western 
bird (Ill. and W.) is var. inornata Brewster. W.8. B. 2}. 
396. BARTRAMIA Lesson. (To William Bartram, “grand- 
father of American ornithology.”’) 
776. B. longicauda (Bechstein), Urranp Sanppiper. Light 
brownish, marked with ochraceous and blackish; throat whitish; 
tail feathers mostly marked with white. L. 12}. W. 6}. T.4. B. 
1}. E.N. Am., abundant in fields, ete. Allied to this species is 
the European Ruff (Pavoncella pugnazx L.), occasionally taken in 
E. U.S., the male with a very conspicuous ruff. 
397. TRYNGITES Cabanis. (From Tringa.) 
777. T. subruficollis (Vieillot). Burr-BreEastep Sanp- 
pireR. Grayish, mottled with darker; buffy below; under pri- 
mary coverts and quills with white, and finely mottled with black. 
L.8. W.5}. T.2}. B.4. N.Am,, chiefly in interior; not com- 
mon. (Lat., sub, under; rufus, reddish; collwm, neck.) 
398. ACTITIS Boie. (Lat., acta, shore.) 
778. A. macularia (L.). Tre-up. Trerer-Tar. Srorrep 
Sanprieer. Lustrous drab above in summer, varied with black; 
pure white below, with round blackish spots in adult. L. 8. W.4. 
T.2. B.1. N.Am., everywhere, common. (Lat. spotty.) 
399. NUMENIUS Linnaeus. (véos, new; pijyn, moon.) 
a. Secondaries, quills, etc., rusty cinnamon; lower parts pale cinnamon. 
779, N. longirostris Wilson. LoncG-BrLLED CurRLEW. SICKLE 
Brit. Cinnamon, varied with gray and blackish. L. 24. W. 12. 
T.4. B.5to9. N. Am., frequent. 
aa. Secondaries and quills chiefly dusky brownish; lower parts dull buffy. 
