scoLOPACiD/^i:. 357 



1772. Skull. 0. (I 1300 D. Purchased, 



1773. Stern uin_, with right coracoiJ, scapula, and furcula, S. S. 



1395. Purchased. 



Tringa maritima. 



Tringa nuiritima, Gmclin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 678 (1788) ; Seebohm, 

 Hist. Erit. '^. iii. p. 192 (1885). 



The Purple Sandpiper. 



IJah. North America, Northern Europe, and Northern Asia. 



1774. Skeleton. O.C. 1299 a. Yarr ell Collection, 



Genus MACHETES. 

 Cuvier, Regne Animal, i. p. 490 (1817). 



Machetes pugnax. 



Tringa puffaax, Linnaeus, Syst. Xat, i. p. 240 (1776). 

 Totanus pugnax, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 113 (1885). 



The Ruff. 



Hah. Europe and Northern Asia, wintering in India and 

 Africa. 



1775. Skeleton. " Reeve." 0. C. 1296 a.. Yarrell Collection. 



1776. Skeleton (toes defective). "Ruff." 0. C. 1226. 



South Collection, 



nil. Skeleton. 0. C. 1296 D. Purchased. 



1778, 1779. Skeletons (incomplete). 0. C. 1296 e. llunterian. 



1780, 1781. Skulls of male and female. 0. C. 1296 b, 1296 C. 



Received in exchange. 



1782. Sternum, viih shoulder-girdle. S. S. 1018. Purchased. 



