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'I.A ^e, north Africa, Asia Minor, Persia and north India, China and 

 ■^6^ Ci7w"- Casual in Greenland, Jan Mayen, Newfoundland, 

 * CAn"^*GOL ^^^^^' Bahamas, and Barbados. 

 Charadrius d 



^v,^.' Arenaria interpres interpres (L.) — THE TURNSTONE. 



Tringa Interpres Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 148 (1758 — Europe 

 and N. America. Restricted typical locality : Gotland). 

 Strepsilas interpres (Linnaeus), Yarrell, iii, p. 289 ; Saunders, p. 557. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Passage-migrant and winter-visitor 

 (late July and Aug. to May). Widely distributed all coasts chiefly 

 autumn and spring but many stay winter, especially in south England 

 and Ireland. Non-breeding birds frequently observed throughout 

 summer. Occasionally inland on passage. Supposed, but never 

 proved, to have bred on several occasions. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in Greenland, arctic Europe, south 

 to Cattegat and Baltic, and Asia, and also in Alaska. Winters on 

 coasts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Australia. Replaced 

 by a very closely-allied form (status of which requires further 

 investigation) in arctic America, which migrates south to Central 

 and South America. 



BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA 



369. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.)— BARTRAM'S SAND- 

 PIPER. 



Tringa longicauda Bechstein, Allg. Veh. Vogel, iv, ii, p. 453 (1812 — 



N. America). 



Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein), Yarrell, in, p. 440 ; Samiders, p. 603. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — About eleven. Near War^\dck, end 

 Oct., 1851. Near Cambridge, Dec. 12, 1854. River Parret (Somer- 

 set) about 1850. Near MuUion (Cornwall) Nov. 13, 1865. Lowstead 

 (Northumberland) Nov. 21, 1879. [Leadenhall Market, said from 

 Lines., Oct., 1880.] Near Lizard (Cornwall) Oct., 1883. Near 

 Ballinasloe (Galway) autumn, 1855. Near Bandon (Cork) Sept. 4, 

 1894 (Saunders, p. 603 ; cf. Yarrell, iii, p. 440). [Poulterer's shop, 

 Falmouth (Cornwall) Oct., 1903.] Romney Marsh (Kent) July 18, 

 1908 {Brit. B., ii, pp. 206, 269). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds from Alaska to Missouri, Indiana, 

 and north Virginia, winters on pampas of South America, south to 

 Argentina. Occurs occasionally in Europe : the only authenticated 



* Arenaria Brisson antedates Strepsilas by 51 years. It is strange that 

 British ornithologists, who introduced and always advocated Brisson's generic 

 names, have ignored this unmistakeable generic term. — E.H. 



