. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 40- E. pusillus. E. occidentalis. Summer plumage. EREUNETES PUSILLUS. CANABIAN SEMIPALMATED STINT. Diagnosis. Ekeunetes dorso postico et interscapulio fere concoloribus: tarso breviore (minus quam 26 millim.). Variations. The Western form of this species has a longer bill, and may fairly be regarded as subspecifically distinct. Synonymy. Tringa cinclus dominicensis minora Brisson, Orn. v. p. 223 (1760). Tringa pusilla, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 252 (1766)
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 40- E. pusillus. E. occidentalis. Summer plumage. EREUNETES PUSILLUS. CANABIAN SEMIPALMATED STINT. Diagnosis. Ekeunetes dorso postico et interscapulio fere concoloribus: tarso breviore (minus quam 26 millim.). Variations. The Western form of this species has a longer bill, and may fairly be regarded as subspecifically distinct. Synonymy. Tringa cinclus dominicensis minora Brisson, Orn. v. p. 223 (1760). Tringa pusilla, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 252 (1766). Ereunetes petrificatus, Illiger, Prodromus, p. 262 (1811). Tringa semipalmata, Wilson, Am. Orn. vii. p. 131 (1813). Tringa brevirostris, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 76 (1825). Hemipalama semipalmata [Wilson), Bonap. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. v. p. 88 (1825). Pelidna brissoni, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 'Z77 (1828). Heteropoda semipalmata (Wilson), Nuttall, Man, Orn. U. S. ^ Canada,ii. p. 135 (1834). Hemipalama mmor,Lembeye, Av. Isla CubOj'p. 97 (1850). Ereunetes piisillus {Linn.), Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1861, p. 177. Literature. Plates.—Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 63. fig. 3; Audubon, Birds Am. v. pi. 336. Habits.—Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 205. Eggs.—Described by Brewer on p. 210 of the above-mentioned volume. Specific characters. The Canadian Semipalmated Stint, Little Sandpiper, or Semipalmated Sandpiper, as it has been variously called, so closely resembles the small Tringas in the colour of its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London : H. Sotheran
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