LIMICOL.t— CHARADRIID.K i'To 



Legs and feet yellowish brown. Wing ^ i77'i(jO, I 145-160, 

 Tarsus ^ 47-50, 9 39-45. Bill ^ 34-36, $ 27-33. Young are 

 more chestnut on upper parts. 



Breeds. — Scandinavia, Russian Lapland, Kolguev, Waigatz, in 

 Russia south to Orenburg, Lower Don and Bessarabia, Galicia, 

 Hungary, N. Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and N. 

 France ; also in W. Siberia. Migrates ; occurs on passage all 

 over Europe and British Isles (where it sometimes breeds). 

 Winters in south, in Africa, Asia, and eastern N. America. 



Tryngites. 

 Bill straight, hard, shorter than tarsus , middle pair tail 

 feathers longer than remainder. 



Tryngites subrtificollis Vieillot). Buff-breasted 



Sandpiper. 



Resembles a small Reeve ; can be recognised at all ages by 

 the peculiar black mottling of inner webs of quills and under 

 primary coverts and by the underparts and lower carpal coverts 

 being reddish buff; axillaries white. Bill greenish black. Legs 

 and feet brownish yellow. Wing ^ 1 28- 135, $ 126-132. Tarsus 

 31-32. Bill 19-20. 



Breeds. — Arctic America. Of rare occurrence in Europe, 

 recorded British Isles, Heligoland. 



Calldris. 

 Like " Tringa " but has no hind toe. 



Calidris arenaria ,L.;. Sanderling. />. and Ger. 

 Sanderling ; SzL-ed. Sandlopare. 



S 9 adult, summer. Above black with cinnamon margins 

 and tips, tips and margins of median wing coverts white ; under- 

 parts white, throat and chest cinnamon spotted with brovMi In 

 winter : above pale grey brown with faint dark streaks, forehead, 

 face, and underparts pure white. Bill, legs and feet black. Wing 

 S 11S-127, 9 119- 1 3 r. Tarsus 23-26. Bill 22-27. Voung in 

 autumn are black above with huffish white edges and tips and 

 have a brownish spot in front of eye ; underparts white, tinged 

 rusty on breast. 



