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Genus BARTRAMIA Lesson. 



Bartramia Less. Traitd, 183 1, 553. Type, B. laticauda Less. 

 = Tringa longicauda Bechst. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). 



Bartramian Sandpiper. 



Tringa longicauda Bechst. Uebers. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 18 12, 



453- 

 Bartramius longicaudus Bonap. Rev. etMag. Zool. XX. 1857, 59. 



[B S4S, C 438, R SSS, C 640.] 

 Geog. Dist. — North America, mainly east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, north to Nova Scotia and Alaska, breeding throughout most 

 of its North American range ; migrating in winter southward, as far 

 as Brazil and Peru. Occasional in Europe. 



Genus TRYNGITES Cabanis. 



Tryngites Cab. Jour, ftir Orn. 1856, 4r8. Type, Tringa rufes- 

 cens ViEiLL. = T. subruficollis Vieill. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.). 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Tringa subruficollis Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV. 



1819, 465. 

 Tryngites subruficollis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 

 356- 



[B 546, C 439. R 556, C 641.J 

 Geog. Dist. — North America, especially in the interior ; breeds 

 in the Yukon district and the interior of British America, northward 

 to the Arctic coast ; South America in winter as far as Uruguay and 

 Peru. Of frequent occurrence in Europe. 



Genus ACTITIS Illiger. 

 Actitis Illig. Prodr. 18 11, 262. Type, Tringa hypokucos Linn. 



