66. ANCTLOCHILUS. 585 



p. 129 (1883: May to Sept., breeding); Hartl. J. f. O. 1883, 

 p. 279 (Portage Hay); Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 193 (188>) ; 

 Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Cull. Alaska, Birds, p. 105 (1887) ; 

 Rid„w. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 154 (1887) ; A. 0. U. Chech-list 

 N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 87 (1895). 



Trinjra erassirostris (nee T. # <S.), Ball, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. v. p. 28 

 (1873 : Pribylov Is.) ; id. Amer. Nat. vii. p. 635 (1873: Aleutian 

 Is.) ; Coues in Elliott's Hep. Fur-Seal Isl. Alaska, no. 426 bis 

 (1873). 



Tringa gracilis, Hurting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 243, pi. xl. (St. Paul's Isl., 

 Ala-ka). 



Arquatella ptiloenemis, Ridr/tc. Proc. U.S. Nat. 3fus. iii. pp. 191, 

 221 (1880); id. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 163 (1880: Pribvlov 

 Is.); Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 100 (1882) ; Nelson, Cruise 

 U.S. ' Corwin, 1 p. 86 (1883 : Fur Seal Isl. ; St. Mathew's and 

 St. Lawrence Isl.) ; Baird, Brewer, $/■ Ridgw. Water-Birds 

 N. Amer. i. p. 222 (1884); Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 

 p. 680(1884) ; Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 112 (1885). 



Tringa maritima ptiloenemis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 431 

 (1888) ; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore-Birds, p. 72, cum tab. (1895). 



Adult female in summer pZima^e. Similar to A. maritima, or 

 rather to A. couesi, but larger, more plentifully mottled with pale 

 chestnut on the upper surface, and distinguished by the broader 

 ■white margins to the base of the inner primaries ; the fore-neck 

 is sandy buff, with a good many black spots and mottlings on 

 the chest, the black forming a large patch on each side of the 

 upper breast. Total length 9 - 5 inches, culmen 1*45, wing 5*4, 

 tail 2-55, tarsus 1. 



Younger birds. Paler than the adult, with ample white margins 

 to the feathers of the upper surface. 



The generally larger size and light tawny tone of colour in this 

 race distinguish it from the allied forms. The hind-neck is 

 emphatically tawny rufous with very perceptible streaks of black. 



Hah, Pribylov Islands, Alaska. Wintering on the coasts of N.W. 

 America and perhaps in Bering Island. 



a-c. Ad. sk. St. George's Isl., Alaska, July Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(H. W, Elliott). 



d. $ ad. sk. St. Paul's Isl., Alaska, July 29 SeebohmColl. (Type 



(//. Jl'. Elliott). of T. oracilis, Harting.) 



e. 2 ad. sk. St. Paul's Isl., June 24 (7/. W. Seebohm Coll. 



Elliott). 



f. ? ad. sk. Bering Island, May 29 (i. Stej- Seebohm Coll. 



neger). 



66. ANCYL0CHILUS. 



Type. 



Ancylocheilus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 50 (1829) .... A. subarquatus. 



Falcinellus, Cuv. {nee V.), Regne Anitn. i. p. 527 



(1829) A. subarquatus. 



Range. Almost confined to the Old World, and only occurring 

 accidentally in America. Nesting in the high north, but the exact 

 breeding-place undiscovered. Wintering in Africa, India, and Aus- 

 tralia. 



