SCOLOPACIDiE — THE SNIPE FAMILY — EREUNETES. 
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rounded and scattered markings of bistre ; these markings are larger and more 
numerous at the obtuse end. The eggs range from 1.47 to 1.50 inches in length, and 
have a breadth of one inch. Another set (No. 11331), obtained in 1866, have spots 
that are larger and more confluent about the greater end, and are more rounded in 
shape, varying between 1.45 and 1.46 inches in length, and in breadth between 1.05 
and 1.10 inches. 
Genus EREUNETES, Illigek. 
Ereunctes, Illigek, Prodromus, 1811, 262 (type, E. petrificatus, Illig., = Tringa pusilla, Linn.) 
Eemipalama , Bonap. Obs. Wils. 1825, no. 212 (same type). 
Hctcropoda, Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 135 (nec Latreille, 1804). 
Char. Size small ; anterior toes webbed at the base ; a well-developed hind toe. Bill about 
as long as or a little longer than the head, straight, somewhat expanded at the end, about as long 
as the tarsus ; middle toe more than half as long as the tarsus ; bare portion of tibia nearly equal 
to the middle toe. 
The bill of Ereunctes is quite stout and considerably expanded, by whicli it is readily distin- 
guished from Adodromas minutilla independently of the semipalmated feet. The tarsus and mid- 
dle toe are about equal ; the tibia denuded anteriorly for about two thirds the length of tarsus. 
The basal 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 subdivision in the bare portion of tibia anteriorly. The tail is doubly 
emarginate. 
But one species is known, the common Semipalmated Sandpiper or “ Peep.” 
Ereunetes pusillus. 
THE SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 
a. pusillus. 
Tringa pusilla, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 252. 
Ereunetes pusillus, C Ass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. XIII. 1860, 195. — Coues, Key, 1872, 254; 
Check List, 1873, no. 417 ; 2d ed. 1880, no. 612; Birds N. W. 1874, 481 (part). — Ridgw. 
Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 541. 
Ereunetes petrificatus, Illig. Prodi'. 1811, 262 (Bahia). — Cass, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 724 
(part). — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 535. 
Tringa scmipalmata, Wils. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 131, pi. 63, fig. 3. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 
1831, 381. — Aud. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 111, pi. 408 ; Synop. 1839, 236 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 277, 
pi. 336. 
Tringa ( Hctcropoda ) scmipalmata, Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 136. 
Tringa brevirostris, Srix, Av. Bras. II. 1825, 76, pi. 93. 
Tringa Brissoni, Less. Man. II. 1828, 277. 
Hctcropoda Mauri, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 49. 
Hcmipalama minor, Lemb. Av. Cuba, 1850, 97. 
b. occidentalis. 
Ereunetes occidentals, Lawr. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1864, 107. 
Ereunctes pusillus, var. occidentalis, Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 417 a. 
Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis, Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 541 cl — -Coues, Check List, 2d 
ed. 1882, no. 613. 
Ereunetes pusillus, ) , , ,. „ , , , 
1 }■ Auct. (citations of western localities). 
Ereunetes petrificatus, ) 
Hab. The whole of North and Middle, and a considerable portion of South, America ; through- 
out the West Indies ; Bermuda ; south to New Granada and Brazil ; breeding chiefly, if not 
