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263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tringa macularia Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 249. 



Actifis macularia Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. VIIL 1836, 34. 



[BS43, C436, RSS7. C638.] 



Geog. Dist. — North and South America, from Alaska south to 

 southern Brazil. Breeds throughout temperate North America, less 

 commonly on the Pacific coast. Occasional in Europe. 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



Numenius Briss. Orn. VI. 1760, 311. Type, Scolopax art 

 Linn. 



264. Numenius longirostris Wils. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



Numenius longirostris WiLS. Am. Orn. VIIL 1814, 24, pi. 64, 

 fig. 4. 



[B S49. C 441, R 558. C 643.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, migrating south to 

 Guatemala, Cuba, and Jamaica. Breeds in the South Atlantic States, 

 and in the interior through most of its North American range. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 



Hudsonian Curle-w. 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



[B 550, C 442, R 559, C 645.J 



Geog. Dist. — All of North and South America, including the 

 West Indies ; breeds in the high north, and winters chiefly south of 

 the United States. 



266. Numenius borealis (Forst.). 



Esbimo CurleTV. 



Scolopax borealis Forst. Phil. Trans. LXII. 1772, 411, 431. 

 Numenius borealis Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



