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 BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



Limicola platyrhyncha {Temm). 



Accidental visitant from northern Europe, of extremely raie 

 occurrence. 



This Sandpiper has its habitat in northern Europe and 

 Siberia, migrating in winter as far south as India and China. 



Its claim to be considered a Yorkshire bird rests on the 

 occurrence of a single male example, procured by Thomas 

 Ellotson, in April 1863, from a large flock of Dunlins, at 

 Hornsea Mere in Holderness. 



This specimen is now in the collection formed by the 

 late Sir Henry Boynton at Burton Agnes, where I have had 

 the pleasure of seeing it. 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 

 Tringa maculata ( Vieillot). 



Accidental visitant from North America, of extremely rare 

 occurrence. 



It is somewhat strange that, since the early records of 

 this North American species in Yorkshire in the years 1853 

 and 1854, there should have been no notice of its visit to 

 the county until 1888, when the late J. Cordeaux announced 

 its reappearance at the Humber mouth ; though there is a 

 probability that it may escape observation when consorting 

 with other small waders, and may really be of more frequent 

 occurrence than the few records lead us to infer. As, how- 

 ever, there are but five communicated instances of its capture, 

 it is desirable to give the particulars of each. 



T. S. Rudd mentioned two as having been shot near 

 Redcar — one at the Teesmouth on 30th August 1853, and 

 the other in a field near Coatham on 17th October of the 

 same year (Nat 1853, p. 275). 



