124 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMEEICAN BIRDS. 



Tryngites subrufic61Iis (Vieillot). Bufi-breasted Sandpiper. [262.] 



Tringa subruficollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXXIV, 1819, 

 465. (Paraguay.) 



Range. — North and South America. Breeds along the Arctic 

 coast from northern Alaska to northern Keewatin; winters in Argen- 

 tina and Uruguay; most abundant in migration in the Mississippi 

 Valley; occasional on the Atlantic coast in fall; casual on the Pacific 

 coast north to St. Michael, Alaska, and to northeastern Siberia; 

 straggles to Bermuda and frequently to western Europe. 



Genus ACTITIS Illiger. 



Actitis Illigeb, Prodromus, 1811, 262. Type, by subs, desig., Tringa 

 hypoUucos LiNN^us (A. O. U. Comm., 1886). 



Actitis macul&ria (LiNN^Ens). Spotted Sandpiper. [263.] 



Tringa macularia Linn^tjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 249. (Pennsyl- 

 vania.) 



Range. — North and South America. Breeds from tree limit in 

 northwestern Alaska, northern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, northern 

 Ungava, and Newfoundland south to southern California, Arizona, 

 southern Texas, southern Louisiana, and northern South Carolina; 

 winters from California, Louisiana, and South Carolina to southern 

 Brazil and central Peru; straggles to Great Britain and Helgoland. 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



Numenius Beisson, Orn., V, 1760, 311. Type, by tautonymy, [Numen- 

 ius\ numenius Bbisson = Scolopax arquata IiINNMVs. 



Numenius americ^inus Bechstein. Long-billed Curlew. [264.] 



Numenius americanus Bechstein, in Latham, Allg. Ueb. VSgel, IV, ii, 

 1812, 432. (New York.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds from central British Columbia, 

 southern Saskatchewan, and Manitoba to northeastern California, 



