724 U. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS ZOOLOGY— GENEEAL EEPOET. 
List of specimens. 
Oatal. 
No. 
1150 
1151 
2374 
8459 
6683 
6680 
9535 
6670 
6672 
1788 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collect- 
ed. 
Wln'iicc obtained. 
( Iris;'! 
No. 
Collected by 
Length. 
Stretch 
ofwings. 
Wing. 
9 
July 20,1843 
S. P. Baird 
7.64 
15.00 
14.50 
5.08 
G. Wurdemann 
562 
40 
Puget's Sound, W. T 
Aug. 26,1856 
Nov. 24,1857 
Mar. 2,1854 
Slioalwater bay, W. T.... 
8.00 
8.00 
15.50 
15.50 
Iris brown ; bill and 
feet black. 
ERKUNETKS, Illiger. 
Ereunetes, Illiger, Prodroirws, 1811, 262. 
Hemipalama, Bonap. Obs. Wils. 1625, No. 212. Type Tringa semipaknata. Not of Syn. 1828. 
Eeterqpoda, Nutt. Man. II, 1834. Not of Latreille, 1804. 
The genus Ereunetes of Illiger lias for its type a species, called E. petrijicatus by him, from 
Bahia, supposed to be identical with Tringa semipalmata, although the description, "smaller 
than Actitis hypoleucus, the colors similar," leaves much to he desired. 
The hill of our species of Ereunetes is quite stout and considerably expanded, "by which it is 
readily distinguished from Actodromas wilsonii independently of the semipalmated feet. The 
tarsus and middle toe are about equal ; the tibia denuded anteriorly for ahout two-thirds the 
length of tarsus. The hasal membrane of toes is more scolloped out interiorly than exteriorly ; 
the notch externally not quite as deep as to the first joint, although the membrane extends 
beyond the second. There is a tendency to hexagonal sub-division in the bare portion of tibia 
anteriorly. The tail is doubly emarginate. 
EREUNETES PETEIFICATUS, 111. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
? Tringa pusilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 17C6, 252. 
Ereunetes pelrificatus, Illiger, Prod. 1811,262. (Proved identical with Tringa semipalmata, Wils. by Cabanis.) from 
actual examination of original specimen in Berlin Mus. 
Tringa semipalmata, Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 131 ; pi. lxiii.— Sw. F. B. A. II, 381.— Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 
111 ; pi. 408.— Ib. Syn. 236.— Ib Birds Amer. V, 1842, 277 ; pi. 336. 
Tringa (Hemipalama) semipalmata, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825 ; No. 212. 
Tringa (Heteropoda) semipalmata, Nutt Man. II, 1834, 136. 
Heterepoda semipalmata, Bon. List, 1838. 
Ereunetes semipalmalus, Cab. Schomburgk's Eeise, III, 758.— Bon. Comptes Eendus, XLIII, Sept. 1856.— Cabanis, 
Journ. Nov. 1856, 419. (Cuba.) 
Tringa brevirostris, Spix, Av. Bras. II, 1825, 76. 
? Heteropoda mauri, Bon. Comp. List, 1838. 
Ereunetes mauri, Gdndl. Cab. Jour. 1856. 419. 
Ilemipalama minor, Gundlach, Lembeye, Av. Cuba. 
Figures —Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, pi. 63, fig. 4.— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 405, oct. ed. V, pi. 336.— Spix, B. of Brazil, II, pi. 93. 
