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Tringa fusoicoUis V'ieillot. Bonaparte's Sandpiper. 



Resembles "T. bairdi "' but upper tail coverts all white with 

 brown streaks, only occasionally a black feather present, liill 

 generally longer and stronger, black. Legs and feet dusky 

 greenish. Wing (^ $ 1 19-124. Tarsus 23-25. Bill 21-26. 



Breeds. — Arctic America. Has occurred at times in British 

 Isles ; and once obtained Franz Joseph Land. 



Tringa canutus canutus L. Knot. Fr. Maubeche ; 

 Ger. Islandischer Strandlaufer ; Ital. Piovanello maggiore ; 

 Siued. Kustsniippa. 



$ 9 adult, summer. Above black, variegated with red buff ; 

 upper tail coverts white with black bars ; beneath chestnut, under 

 tail coverts white with a few brown spots ; tail square, central 

 feathers not prolonged. In winter : above grey brown with faint 

 dark shaft streaks ; beneath white barred grey on breast and 

 flanks. Bill, legs and feet black. Wing $ 9 158-172. Tarsus 

 28-33. Bill 28-34. Young have crescentic dark margins and 

 white tips on upper parts. 



Breeds. — Iceland (doubtful), Greenland, Taimyr Peninsula, 

 New Siberian Islands. Migrates ; occurs on passage in Europe, 

 chiefly west. Winters in British Isles, Holland, Belgium, France, 

 Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, N.W. Africa and Africa to Cape; also 

 S. Asia and Australia. Rare visitor to Egypt, Madeira, and 

 Azores. 



The Greenland breeding birds may belong to the American 

 race "T. canutus rufa." 



Tringa maritima maritima Brunnich. Purple Sand- 

 piper. /'>. Becasseau violet ; Ger. Seestrandlaufer ; Siued. 

 Skarsnappa. 



^ 9 adult, summer. Above black with some chestnut tips 

 and margins, rump and upper tail coverts black, central tail 

 feathers longer than lateral by about 9 m.m. ; beneath dull white 

 spotted and streaked brown ; inner secondaries almost entirely 

 white. In winter: above dark brown with purple gloss ; beneath, 

 throat and chest grey brown, remainder white, with grey centres 

 on breast and flanks. Bill brownish black, yellowish at base. 

 Legs and feet brownish yellow. Wing J 119-132, $ 122-137. 

 Tarsus 21-25. l^'^' -^-j5- 



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