174 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



EROLIA FERRUGINEA* 



374. Erolia ferruginea (Briinn.) — THE CURLEW-SAND- 

 PIPER. 



TrinCtA ferruginea Briinnicli, Orn. Bor., p. 53 (1764 — Iceland and 



Christ iansoe). 



Tringa subarguata (Giildenstadt), Yarrell, m, p. 403 ; Samiders, p. 591. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Passage -migrant (Aug.-Oct. and 

 March- June, exceptionally July). Chiefly east coast Great Britain 

 and south coast England, scarce west side, rare I. and unknown 

 O. Hebrides, scarce Shetlands, unknown Orkneys and extreme 

 north and north-west Scottish mainland. In Ireland, chiefly 

 autumn, east and north coasts, occasional Nov., and once Dec. 

 26, 1892. Much rarer, especially Scotland and Ireland, in spring. 

 Occasional inland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in arctic regions of Asia, winters 

 in Africa (from Mediterranean to tropical and south Africa), India, 

 Malay Peninsula, and even Australia. Casual in North and South 

 America. 



EROLIA MINUTA 



375. Erolia minuta minuta (Leisl.) — THE LITTLE STINT. 



Tringa minuta Leisler, Nachtrage zu Bechst. Natiirg. Deutschl., p. 74 



(1812— Near Hanau on the Main). 



Tringa minuta Leisler, Yarrell, iii, p. 386 ; Saunders, p. 585. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Passage-migrant chiefly end Aug. 

 to Oct.. rarely later, very rare anywhere sj^ring April-June, exception- 

 ally July. Regular autumn (but varying numbers), east and south- 

 east coasts England and south-east Scotland ; irregular and scarce, 

 north of Aberdeen (but recorded to Shetlands), west coasts Great 

 Britain (including some I. but no O. Hebrides) and south coast 

 England. In Ireland apparently regular autumn east coast, very 

 rare elsewhere ; only one doubtful spring-record. Exceptional 

 inland waters. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Inhabits west Siberian tundras and 

 islands (Novaya Zemlia, Kolguev, Waigatz, etc.) to North Cape 

 of Europe, and migrates south to Africa and India. Replaced 

 in east Siberia by E. minuta ruficoUis, which wanders south 

 through China and Japan to Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and 

 Australia. 



* Tringa ferruginea antedates Scolopax subarquata by ten years. — E.H. 



