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Four or live, Yorkshire, the last, Sept. 28, 1897 : Saunders, 



" Manual," p. 579. 

 One, Lydd Beach, Kent, Aug. 2, 1898: Ticehurst, Zool., 



1898, p. 480. 



Ohs. For an interesting account of the breeding 

 habits of this bird, as observed in Alaska and 

 Bering's Strait, see E. W. Nelson, " Report on the 

 Nat. History Collections " from that region, 1877-81, 

 published at Washington, 1887. 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Tringa acumi- 

 nata (Horsfield). Length, 8 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 

 5-4 in. ; tarsus, 1-2 in. 



B^ab. Eastern Siberia, China, Japan, Alaska, Malay 

 Archipelago, Java, New Guinea, Australia, and New 

 Zealand. 



•One, Yarmouth, Sept. 1848 : Gurney, ZooL, 1849, p. 2392. 

 In the British Museum. But this specimen was after- 

 wards found to have been mounted from a foreign skin : 

 Gurney, torn, cit, p. 2568. See the 1st ed. of this 

 " Handbook," p. 140, footnote ; and Southwell, Zool., 

 1892, p. 405. 



•One, Breydon, Norfolk, Aug. 29, 1872: Southwell, Zool, 

 1892, pp. 356, 405 ; figured. Ibis, 1893, p. 181, pi. v. 



BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. Triyiga platyrhyncha, 

 Temminck. Length, 6*5 in.; bill, 125 in.; wing, 

 4 in. ; tarsus, 075 in. 



Hah. Northern Europe and Siberia, migrating south- 

 wards in both continents for the winter to the Mediter- 

 ranean, Red Sea, India, Ceylon, and China. 



One, Breydon Harbour, Yarmouth, May 25, 1836 : Hoy, 

 Mag. Nat. Hist, 1837, p. 116; Gurney, Zool, 1846, p. 

 1375 ; Stevenson, " Birds of Norfolk," vol. ii. p. 360. 



