go CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Subgenus ANCYLOCHBILUS Kaup. 



Ancylocheilus Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 50. 

 Type, Tringa subarquata Temm. = T.ferruginea BRtJNN. 



244. Tringa ferruginea Brunn. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 



[B 529, C 425, R 540, C 625.] 



Geog. Dist. — Old World in general ; occasional in eastern North 

 America and Alaska. 



Genus EURYNORHYNCHUS Nilsson. 



Eurynorhynchus '^i\s&. Orn. Suec. II. 1821,29. Type, Platalea 

 pygmcBa Linn. 



[245.] Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus (Linn.). 

 Spoon-bill Sandpiper. 



Platalea pygmcea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 

 Eurynorhynchus pygmceus Pearson, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. V. 

 1836, 127. 



[B— , C— , R542*, C884.J 



Geog. Dist. — Asia ; in summer along the Arctic coast, in winter 

 southern and southeastern Asia. Accidental on the coast of Alaska 

 (Choris Peninsula). 



Genus ERBUNETES Illiger. 



Ereunetes Illig. Prodr. 181 1, 262. Type, E. petrificatus Illig. 

 = Tringa pusilla Linn. 



246. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



Tringa pusilla Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 252. 



Ereunetes pusillus Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, 195. 



