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258 a. Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewst. 



Western Willet. 



Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewst. Auk, IV. April, 1887, 

 145- 

 [B SSl^P'^fi, R 431, /ar/, R 552, /ar/, C 62,2, part.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western North America, east to Mississippi Valley 

 and Gulf States ; in winter, south to Mexico, and, during migrations, 

 sparingly along coast of southern Atlantic States. Breeds from 

 coast of Texas to Manitoba. 



Genus HETERACTITIS Stejneger. 



Heteractitis Stejn. Auk, I. July, 1884, 236. Type, Scolopax 

 incanus Gmel. 



259. Heteractitis incanus (Gmel.). 



Wandering Taller. 



Scolopax incanus Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 658. 

 Heteractitis incanus Stejn. Auk, I. July, 1884, 236. 



[B 542, C 440, R SS3, C 642.] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast of America, from Norton Sound, 

 Alaska, to the Galapagos, and west to Kamchatka and Hawaiian 

 Islands ; also the more eastern island groups of Polynesia. 



Genus FAVONCELLA Leach. 



Pavoncella Leach, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 1816, 29. Type, 

 Tringa pugnax Linn. 



[260.] Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.). 



Ruff. 



Tringa pugnax Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148. 



Pavoncella pugnax Leach, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 1816, 29. 



[Bs44, C 437, R5S4, C 639.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World, straying occa- 

 sionally to eastern North America. 



