AVES CHARADRIID^. 26 1 



P. Z. S. 1889, P- 225 (Palawan); Milne-Edwards & Oust. N. Arch. 

 Mus. (2) X. p. 288 (1889: Anjouan Isl.) ; Saunders, Man. p. 541 

 1889); Gigl. Avif. Ital. pt. i, p. 579 (1889), pt- 2, p. 661 (1890), pt. 

 3, p. 517 (1891) ; Brusina, Motr. (Orn. Croatica), p. 88 (1890) ; Seeb. 

 B. Japan. Emp. p. 331 (1890: Kuriles, probably breeding : S. Japan. 

 winter) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 59 (Palawan, Sept.) : Sharpe, t. c, 

 pp. 143, 284 (Lawas River, April, May); Grant, t. c. p. 442 (Ma- 

 deira); Eagle Clarke, Zool. 1890, p. 12 (Jan Mayen) ; Steere, List 

 B. & Mamm. Philipp. p. 26 (1890: Mindanao, Negros) ; Koenig, J. 

 f. O. 1 89 1, p. 313 (Canaries); Buckley & Harvie-Brown, Faun. 

 Orkney Isl. p. 204 (1891 : breeding); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 115 

 (Fao, June) ; Saunders, t. c. p. 187 (Switzerland) ; Styan, t. c. p. 

 330 (Lower Yangtze), p. 504 (Shanghai, May) ; Frivaldsky, Av. Hung, 

 p. 125 (1891) ; Sharpe, Sci. Res. 2nd Yark. Miss. p. 139 (1891 : 

 Nubra Valley, Oct.); Macfarlane, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XIV. p. 430 

 (1891) ; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuasia, pt. III. p. 198 (1891) ; Schalow. 

 J. f. O. 1 89 1, p. 258; Wigelsw. Abhandl. Mus. Dresd. no. 6, p. 63 

 (1891); Sibree, Ibis, 1892, p. 115 (Madagascar); Rendall, t. c. p. 

 229 (Gambia) ; De La Fouche, t. c. p. 497 (Foochow : Swatow, 

 Sept.) ; Scott-Wilson & Evans, Aves Hawaiienses, pt. Ill (1892) ; 

 Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 170 (Aden) ; Meade-Waldo, t. c. p. 204 (Ca- 

 naries) ; Hartert, t. c. p. 307 (Aruba) ; Styan, t. c. p. 436 (Hainan) ; 

 Munn, Ibis, 1894, p. 72 (Calcutta distr.) ; Pearson & Bidwell, t. c. p. 

 234 (Norway, breeding). 

 Arenaria morinella, W. Palmer, Fur Seals and Fur Seal Isl. N. Pac. Oc. 

 Ill, pp. 408-412. (1899). 



General description. 



Size.—K^vXl male (P. U. O. C. 5596 d", 12 May, 1881, Cobbs Island, 

 Virginia. W. E. D. S.) 



Total length, about 8 inches. 



Wing, 6.2 inches. 



Culmen, .95 inch. 



Tail, 2.3 inches. 



Tarsus, i.o inch. 



The adult female averages a trifle larger in size than the male. 



