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U. S. P. R. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Oatnl. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collect¬ 
ed. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’l 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
1150 
9 
Cape May, N. J. 
July 20,1843 
S. F. Baird. 
7.75 
15.00 
5.08 
1151 
7.64 
14.50 
4.89 
2374 
8459 
Florida.. 
6683 
Aug. 26,1856 
562 
6680 
40 
9535 
Nov. 24,1857 
6670 
Shoalwater bay, W. T.... 
Mar. 2,1854 
8.00 
15.50 
feet black. 
6672 
8.00 
15.50 
1788 
S. F. Baird . 
EREUNETES, Illiger. 
Ereunetes, Ii.liger, Prodromus, 1811,262. 
Uemipalama, Bonap. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 212. Type Tringa semipalmata. Not of Syn. 1828. 
Ileteropoda, Nutt. Man. II, 1834. Not of Latreille, 1804. 
The genus Ereunetes of Illiger has for its type a species, called E. petrificatus 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 tvilsonii independently of the semipalmated feet. The 
tarsus and middle 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 sub-division in the bare portion of tibia 
anteriorly. The tail is doubly emarginate. 
EREUNETES PETRIFICATUS, Ill. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
? Tringa pusilla, Link. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 252. 
Ereunetes petrificatus, 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 ( Hemipolama ) semipalmata, Bon. Obs. Wils 1825 ; No. 212. 
Tringa ( Ileteropoda ) semipalmata, Nutt Man. II, 1834, 136. 
Ileterepoda semipalmata, Bon. List, 1838. 
Ereunetes semipalmatus, Cab. Scbomburgk’s Reise, 111,758.— Bon. Comptes Rendus, XLI1I, Sept. 1856.— Cabanis, 
Journ. Nov. 1856, 419. (Cuba.) 
Tringa brevirosiris, Spix, Av. Bras. II, 1825, 76. , 
?Ileteropoda mauri, Bon. Comp. List, 1838.. 
Ereunetes mauri, GuNDL.Cab. Jour. 1856. 419, 
Uemipalama 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. 
