284 CHARADRIIDAt 
AMERICAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Tinga maculata 
(Vieillot). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iv, pl. 
67; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. viii, pl. 546; Lilford, 
‘Coloured Figures,’ vel. v, pls. 31, 32. 
This New World species, of rare occurrence along our 
shores, has been recorded from the eastern and southern 
sea-board of England more often than elsewhere in the 
British Isles. The first authenticated British-taken speci- 
men, a female, was obtained at Breydon, Norfolk, on 
October 17th, 1830; from the same county several others 
have since been procured (Macgillivray, ‘ British Birds,’ 
p-69): 
Examples have also been obtained in Suffolk, Yorkshire, 
Durham, Northumberland, Sussex, Kent, Devon, Cornwall, 
and the Scilly Isles. Among recent captures may be men- 
tioned a specimen obtained in Suffolk on September 13th, 
1900 (E. C. Arnold, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1900, p. 521), and another 
obtained in Norfolk on September 2nd, 1904 (J. H. Gurney, 
‘ Zoologist,’ 1905, p. 96). 
Three examples have been obtained in Scotland, the 
data being as follows:—One from Aberdeenshire, October 
2nd, 1867 (Gray, ‘ Birds of the West of Scotland’); another 
from Dumbartonshire, November 24th, 1882 (Harting, ‘ Zoo- 
logist,’ 1883); the third from Westray, Orkney, August 
26th, 1889 (Ogilvie, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1889). 
From the Atlantic-facing shores of Ireland a few birds 
have been procured; one was picked up by the late Mr. 
EK. Wilhams in the Dublin game-markets from among a 
number of Snipe. The specimen, which was very fat, was 
taken at Portumna, Galway, in October, 1888 (EK. Williams, 
‘ Zoologist,’ 1889); two specimens were obtained in Bel- 
mullet, co. Mayo; one an immature female, in October, 
1900; now in the Dublin Museum, having been lent by 
Mr. T. H. Hugo; the other in September, 1902, now in 
the possession of Mr. R. R. Leeper, of Dublin, who shot it. 
It will be seen from the above data that the counties 
touched upon by this American bird are maritime, and that 
the visits took place generally in autumn and winter. 
Flight.—The flight is strong and very swift, and during 
the breeding-season ‘‘the male may be seen taking short, 
low flights, with the wings held high and beaten stiffly ” 
(Saunders). 
