132 ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



The common saudx)iper occurs ou Bering Island only during the mi- 

 grations, in spring and autumn, but seems to be rather rare, and the 

 three si)eciuiens collected were the only ones seen. 



51. Terekia cinerea (Guld.). 



1774. — Scolopax citiena GDluknst., N. Couim. Acad. Petrop. (XIX, p. 473, tab. xix.) — 

 Limosa c. Middenu., Sibir. Eeis., II, 2 (p. 216) (1853).— Schrexck, Reis. 

 Amur]., I, p. 419, (I860).— Radde, Eeis. Sud. Ost Sibir., II (p. 330) (1863).— 

 Terekia c. Gray, List Gen., p. 88 (1841).— Swinh., Ibis, 1863, p. 97.— Jd., P. 

 Z. S.,186:;, p. 312.— W.,)6iU, 1871, p. 406.— Dybow. & Parvex, J. f. Orn., 

 1888, p. 337.— Taczan., J. f. Orn., 1873, p. 102.— id., ibid., 1874, p. 336.— /d. 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 250. — Id., Orn. Fauna Vost. Sibir., p. 53 

 (^1-^77). —Blakist. & PuYER, Tr. As. Soc. Jap., X, 1882, p. 110.— Blakist., 

 Amend. List B. .Jap., p. 36 (1884).— Seeb., Ibis, 1884, p. 33.' 



18J2. — Totaniisjavaiiicits HoRSF., Tr. Linn. Soc, XIII, p. 327. — Terekia j. SwiXH., P. Z. 

 S., 1862, p. 319. 



1826. — Limosa recurnroHtra Pall., Zoogr. Ross. As., II, p. 181. 



The only specimen of the Terek Sandpiper or Godwit was secured on 

 one of tiie last days before I left Bering Island. 



It \vas»a male, shot near Ladiginsk, Bering Island, on the 9th of Sep- 

 tember, 1883. Iris blackish ])rown. Bill blackish olive; yellowish olive 

 at base of both mandibles. Feet, including webs, bright orange yellow. 

 Total length, 231'"™; wings beyond tail, 2"""; wing, 125°™; tail-feathers, 

 52'"" ; exposed culmen, 30'"'°; tarsus, 26"""; middle toe with claw, 21°"°. 



52. Heteractitis incanus (Gm.). 



1788. — Scolopax incaua Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1, p. 658. — Heteroncelus i. Coues in Elliott's 

 Affairs Alaska, p. 187 (1875).— Elliott, Monogr. Seal Isl., p. 130 (1882).— 

 Bean, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 165.— Nelson, Cruise Corwiu, p. 89 

 (1883).— Acf it is i. Finsch, Abh. Brem. Ver., Ill, 1872, p. Gi.—Eeteraeiiiia i. 

 Stejneger, Auk, 1884, p. 236.— Turner, Auk, 1885, p. 157. 



1826.— Trynga glareola var. Pall., Zoogr. Ross. As., II, p. 194.— Kittl., Denkw., I, p. 

 287 (1858). 



1831. — Totanm pedeslris Lesson, Tr. d'Orn., p. 552 {part). 



l8^i.—Totanns fii!i(jinosus Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 130. 



IHii.— Scolopax inidnlaia Forster, Descr. Anim. (p. 173). 



1844. — Scolopax. imcifica Forster, Descr. Aniiu. (p. 173). 



1847. — Toianns occanicns Les.son, Compl. Oevr. Buff. (p. 244). 



IBAS.— ToiamispolynesiceVKWM, U. S. Expl. Exp. (p. 237). 



\8'^8.—IIeterosceliis brcvipes Baird, B. North Amer., p. 734, pi. 88 (wee Vieill.).— M, 

 Tr. Chicag. Acad., I, 1869 (p. 734).— Dall »& Bannist., Tr. Chicag. Acad., 

 i, 1869, p. 293.— 7Vi»(7« h. Kittl., Denkw., I, p. 258. 



It was most unfortunate that Cassin, in 1858, united H. incanus 

 with hnvipes, which he had previously so well distinguished, and it is 

 still more unfortunate that he has been iollowed almost unanimously 

 by later authors. I propose to prove that there exists two well-defined 

 species, distinguishable both by structural characters and by differences 



