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EROLIA FUSCICOLLIS 



381. Erolia fuscicollis (Vieill.)— BONAPARTE'S SAND- 

 PIPER. 



Tringa fuscicollis Vieillot, Xoiiv. Diet. d'Hist. Xat., nouv. ed., xxxiv, 



]). 401 (1819 — Paraguay. Ex Azara). 



Tringa fuscicollis Vieillot, Yarrell iii, p. 373 ; Saunders, p. 581. 



Distribution. — England. — Fourteen. Salop (one), Scilly Isles, 

 (two), Cornwall (three), Devon (four), Sussex (two), Middlesex (one), 

 (Saunders, p. 581). Kent (one), June 4, 1906 {Brit. B., i, p. 231). 

 One believed shot near Belfast prior to 1836. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds on arctic coast of North America, 

 having occurred as far west as Point Barrow in Alaska, and as far 

 east as Greenland ; migrates through Xorth America, and winters 

 in southern South America ; casual in Bermudas. 



EROLIA SUBRUFICOLLIS* 



382. Erolia subruficollis (Vieill.)— THE BUFF-BREASTED 

 SANDPIPER. 



Tringa subruficollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Xat., nouv. ed., 



XXXIV, p. 465 (1819 — Paraguay. Ex Azara). 



Tryngites rufescens (Vieillot), Yarrell, iii, p. 435 ; Saunders, p. 601. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — About eighteen, mostly Sept., but 

 one May and one July. Lines, (one), Norfolk (five), Cambs. (one), 

 Sussex (one), [Kent (one) supposed], Cornwall and Scilly (four), 

 Lundy Island (one), Lanes, (one), Cumberland (one), Dublin (one), 

 Down (two), [Caithness (one) supposed], (Saunders, p. 601 and 

 5n^^., II, pp. 241,269.) 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds along arctic coasts of North 

 America, and apparently easternmost arctic Asia, winters in Argen- 

 tina and Uruguaj^, ]3assing, on migration, through North America 

 and appearing occasionally west Europe (Heligoland, Switzerland). 



EROLIA MARITIMAt 



383. Erolia maritima maritima (Briinn.) — THE PURPLE 

 SANDPIPER. 



Trixga maritima Briinnich, Orn. Borealis, p. 54 (1764 — Christiansoe, 



Xoi-w^ay). 



Tringa striata Linnaeus, Yarrell, iii, p. 408 ; Saunders, p. 593. 



* The name subruficollis has page-priority over rufescens, and is now univer- 

 sally accepted ; cf. Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxiv, p. 521, A.O.U. Check-list, p. 124. 



t Tringa striata L. is a wrong name, the description not agreeing with that 

 of the Purple Sandpiper ; moreover maritima antedates striata. — E.H. 



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