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Adult female— y\mg, 105-1 IG (110.2); tail, 48.5-52.5 (50.2); cul- 

 men, 20-24 (22.4); tarsus, 18.5-21 (19.8); middle toe, 18-20 (19.1).« 



Breeding in circumpolar regions, from western Alaska to eastern 

 Siberia; in North America, from northern Alaska, Melville Island, 

 central Greenland, etc., to Pribilof and Aleutian islands, valley ot 

 upper Yukon River, northern Mackenzie, southern James Bay, and 

 northeastern Labrador; in Europe and Asia breeding in Iceland, 

 Shetland, Orkney, and Faro islands. Outer Hebrides, and northern 

 Norwa}" to northeastern Siberia and Commander Islands, Kam- 

 chatka; migrating southward as far as Peru (Chorillos; Tumbez), 

 Patagonia, Galapagos Archipelago (Albemarle, Indefatigable, James, 

 and Narborough islands), New Guinea (at sea near; Aru Islands), 

 New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, etc.; occurs (occasionally at 

 least) in Hawaiian Islands (Kauai) and Bermudas; frequent during 

 migration in interior of United States, Mexico, and Central America, 



[Tringa] lohata Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 148, 824 (Hudson Bay; 

 based on Tringafusca, etc., Edwards, Nat. Hist., i, 1750, 46, pi. 26, 143, pi. 143); 

 ed. 12, 1, 1766, 249.— Brl'nnich, Orn. Bor., 1764, 51.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 

 i, pt. ii, 1789, 674.— TuRTON, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 406. 



Tringa lohata Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, 109.— Boddaert, Tabl. 

 PL Enl., 1783, 48 (PI. Enl., pi. 766). 



Phalaropus lobatus Salvadori, Faun. Ital., Ucc, 1871, 210.— Bruggemann, 

 Abh. nat. Ver Bremen, v, 1876, 96 (Celebes).— Adams, Ibis, 1878, 438 (St. 

 Michaels, Alaska; habits).— Turner, Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, 

 Aleutian chain, abundant visitant); Contr. N. H. Alaska, 1886, 146 (St. 

 Michaels, etc., breeding; habits). — Stejneger, Auk, ii, 1885, 183; Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 29, 1885, 139 (Bering Island, Kamchatka, breeding).— 

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

 no. 223.— Nelson, Rep. N. H. Coll, Alaska, 1887, 99 (habits, etc.).— Thorne, 

 Auk, iv, 1887, 336 (Fort Keogh, Montana, 4 specs., June 18) — Warren, 

 Birds Penn., 1888, 235.— Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 3, 1890, 88 (Walker 

 Lake, Arizona, Aug. 19).— Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 479 

 (Manitoba).— Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Proc. Zool. See. Lond., 1892, 400 

 (Chorillos, Peru). — Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1895, 470 (w. Greenland). — 

 Elliot, N. Am. Shore Birds, 1895, 27, pi. 3.— Cooke, Bull. 56, Col. Agric. 



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