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Adult male.— Wing, 129-136 (132.1); tail, 58-63 (60.6); exposed 

 culmen, 19.5-20.5 (19.9); tarsus, 30-37 (32.1); middle toe, 20-21.5 

 (20.8).« 



Adult female.— Wing, 122-132 (127.2); tail, 54-62 (57); exposed 

 culmen, 17.5-19.5 (18.4); tarsus, 29-31 (29.5); middle toe, 19-21 

 (20).'' 



Breeding in Arctic districts of North America, from northern 

 Alaska to Keewatin; migrating southward through temperate North 

 America (chiefly through Mississippi Valley), Mexico, Central America, 

 and South America, east of Andes, as far as Argentina (Cordova, 

 Misiones; Buenos Aires; Moreno; Baraccas al Sud), Paraguay (upper 

 Rio Parana), Uruguay (Montevideo), and eastern Peru (upper liio 

 Ucayali; Pebas; Xeberos; Chamicuros; Yquitos; Cosnipata); in 

 West Indies recorded only from Cuba and Barbados, where rare or 

 accidental in autumn; accidental in Bermudas; not yet recorded 

 from Greenland, but frequent straggler to British Islands (17 records) 

 and accidental in France and Helgoland (1 record each); common 

 migrant to Bering Sea coast of eastern Siberia (Cape Wankarem, etc.) 

 and occasional migrant to shore of Sea of Okhotsk and northern 

 Japan (Owari). 



Tringa suhruficolUs Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxxiv, 1819, 465 (Para- 

 guay; based on Chorlito garganta bianco acanelado Azara, Apunt., iii, 1805, 

 320). — Hartlaib, Index Azara's Apunt., 1847, 25. 



T[ringa] subrnficollis Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1845, 5S0. 



Tryngites suhruficolUs Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sejit. 2, 1885, 356. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, and 2nd ed., 1895, 

 no. 262; 3rd ed., 1910, p. 124.— Turner, Contr. N. H. Alaska, 1886, 189 

 (Alaska).— Nelson, Rep. N. H. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 119 (St. Michaels, Alaska, 

 1 pair, May 31, 1880).— Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 186 (Concho Co., Texas, 

 Aug. 31). — €oRY, Auk, iv, 1887, 319 (West Indian localities and references); 

 Birds West Ind., 1889, 240: Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 94 (Cuba).— Cooke, 

 Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 97.— Butcher, Auk, \i, 1889, 136 (Long Island 

 records). — Cherrie, Auk, vii, 1890, 332 (San Jose, Costa Rica, Sept. 

 25-Nov. 15); ix, 1892, 329 (San Jose).— Mackay, Auk, ix, 1892, 389 (Nan- 

 tucket Island, Massachusetts, Aug. 26-Sept. 8). — Stejneger, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 616 (Owari, Japan). — -Stone, Birds E. Penn. and N. J., 

 1894, 77 (coast New Jersey, rare).— Elliot, N. Am. Shore Birds, 1895, 145, 

 pi. 45. — Trowbridge, Auk, xiv, 1897, 209 (New England references). — 

 PossoN, Auk, xvi, 1899, 194 (Orleans Co., w. New York, fall 1897).— Bryan, 

 Auk, xvi, 1899, 276 (Calumet Lake, Cook Co., Illinois, Sept. 18, 1898).— 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 125 (Cienega, Santa Marta, Colom- 

 bia, Sept.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1903, 384 

 (Matamoros, Tamaulipas: Guanajuato: Ruatan I., Honduras: San Jose , 

 Costa Rica: Amazon Valley, Brazil: Paraguay: e. Siberia; accidental in 

 Europe). — Taverner and Swales, Wilson Bull., no. 60, 1907, 87 (Point 

 Pelee, Ontario, 1 spec, Aug. 29, 1907).— Norton, Auk, xxv, 1908, 81 (Scar- 

 borough, Maine, 1 spec, Sept. 5, 1907). — Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 

 A-i, 1910, 422 (Costa Rica).— Dabbene, Orn. Argent., 1910, 219 (C6rdoba, 



o Seven specimens. 6 Four specimens. 



