138 RARE VISITANTS. 
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Tringites rufescens 
(Vieillot). 
Hab. North and South America. 
One, Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, Sept. 1826: Yarrell, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 109, pl. 11; Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. 11. 
p- 60; Eyton, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 39, figure. 
One, Formby, Lancashire, May 1829: Yarrell, op. ci¢. 
One, Sherringham, Norfolk, 29th July, 1832: Yarrell, op. cit.; 
Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, vol. 11. p. 359. 
One, Yarmouth, autumn 1839: Yarrell, op. cit.; Stevenson, 
op. cit. 
One, Yarmouth, 22nd Sept. 1841: Fisher, Zoologist, 1843, 
p- 182; Stevenson, op. cit. In the collection of Mr. J. H. 
Gurney. 
One, Sussex coast, 1843: Bond, Zoologist, 1843, p. 148. 
One, Yarmouth, 20th Sept. 1843: Fisher, Zoologist, 18438, 
p- 863. In the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 
One, Marazion, Cornwall, 3rd Sept. 1846: Rodd, Zoologist, 
1846, p. 1500. 
One near Dublin: M‘Coy, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1845, 
p- 271. In Mus. Nat. Hist. Soc. Dublin. 
One on the Exe, August 1851: D’Urban, Guide to Exeter, 
p. 122. 
One, Lundy Island, 1858: in possession of Dr. Woodforde, 
of Taunton. 
One, Land’s End, 8th Sept. 1860: Rodd, Zoologist, 1860, 
p. 7236. 
Two, People’s Park, Belfast, Oct. 1864: Saunders, Zoologist, 
1866, p. 389; Blake Knox, tom. cit. p. 457. 
One, co. Dublin: Blake Knox, Zoologist, 1866, p. 303. 
One, Scilly, Sept. 1870: Rodd, Zoologist, 1870, p. 2346*. 
* Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., informs me that a specimen recorded in 
the ‘ Zoologist,’ 1857, p. 5791, as a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, was, 
he believes, a young Ruff. 
