. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . 19. Tringa cabanisii, Lichtenstein, fide Cabanis, Journ. Orn. 1856, p. 420. Ereunetes occidentals, Lawrence, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, p. 107. Ereunetes pusillus, var. occidentalis (Lawr.), Coues, Check-list N. Amer. Birds, p. 83 (1873). Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis [Lawr.), Ridgway, Nom. N. Amer. Birds, p. 45 (1881). Synonymy. 3f 2 404 EKEUNETES. Literature. Plates.—Head figured by Baird, Brewer, & Kidgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 207. Habits.—Described by Brewer on
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . 19. Tringa cabanisii, Lichtenstein, fide Cabanis, Journ. Orn. 1856, p. 420. Ereunetes occidentals, Lawrence, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, p. 107. Ereunetes pusillus, var. occidentalis (Lawr.), Coues, Check-list N. Amer. Birds, p. 83 (1873). Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis [Lawr.), Ridgway, Nom. N. Amer. Birds, p. 45 (1881). Synonymy. 3f 2 404 EKEUNETES. Literature. Plates.—Head figured by Baird, Brewer, & Kidgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 207. Habits.—Described by Brewer on p. 209 of the above-mentioned —Not known to differ from those of the Eastern form. Geographi-cal distribu-tion. The Alaskan Semipalmated Stint is only a Western form of the Canadian SemipaimatedStint, from which it scarcely differs except in having a slightly longer bill, as has beenalready pointed out. It breeds in Alaska, passes on migration along the American shores of the Pacific,visits many of the inland waters west of the Rocky Mountains, and winters on the coastof Central CHAPTER XXV. Subfamily S C 0 L OP ACIN M. CitaradriiDjE digitis omnibus ad basin liberis. Diagnosis of subfamily. The diagnosis of the Scolopacinse is extremely simple :— Characters Charadriidse having all the toes cleft to the base. of sub- About sixty birds possess this character which are probably more nearly related to each other than they are to the rest of the family, though Tringa minutilla resembles Ereunetes pusillus very closely, and Strepsilas possesses characters which closely resemble those of Charadrius and Vanellus. Only five genera appear to possess characters of sufficient importance to entitle them Genera. to recognition. KEY TO THE GENERA. a. Tarsus much more than half the length of the bill. a1. Difference in length between the shortest and longest primarymuch more than the length of the First primary much longer than the fourth. a3. Nasal apert
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