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Tringoides rufescens, Gray, p. 161. 



Tryngites rufescens, Gould, iv. pi. 64; Dresser, viii. p. 111. 



Tringites rufescens, Harting, p. 138. 



The BufF-breasted Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 634. 



Bufescms = becoming red, reddish ; from riifus = red. 



A rare straggler to Great Britain. Common in North 

 America, migrating as far south as Brazil in winter. 



Genus ACTITURUS, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. Met. An. 



Vert., Agg. p. 143 (1831). 

 Actitwms = with the tail (ovpa) of an Aetitis. 



Actiturus longicauda. Baeteams Sandpipee. 



Tringa longicauda, Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. aller 

 bek. Vogel, p. 453 (1811). 



Aetitis bartrami, Naum. viii. p. 43, xiii. p. 238. 

 Tringoides bartramius, Gray, p. 162. 

 Totanus bartramii, Yarr. ed. 3, ii. p. 632. 

 Actiturus bartramius, Gould, iv. pi. 63; Harting, p. 137. 

 Actiturus longicaudus, Dresser, viii. p. 119. 

 Bartram^s Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, 2nd suppl. p. 40. 

 Longlcmida = a long-tailed (bird) ; from longms+cauda. 



A rare straggler to the British Islands. Common in the 

 southern States of North America, where it breeds, migrating 

 southwards in winter as far as Brazil. 



Genus TRINGOIDES, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. An. Vert. 

 p, 58,(1831). 



THngoides, a hybrid word from tringa and eWos = form. 



Tringoides hypoleucus. Common Sandpiper. 



Tringa Hypoleucos, Linnmus, S. N. i. p. 250 (1766). 



Aetitis hypoleucos, Naum. viii. p. 7 ; Macg. iv. p. 351 ; 

 Gould, iv. pi. 58. 



