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Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 10 (Talcahuano, Sept.) ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 429 (Coquimbo) ; Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw., Water Birds N. 

 Amer. I. p. 249 {1884); Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. 

 part X. p. 246 (1888: coast of Patagonia); Scl. & Huds. Argent. 

 Orn. II. p. 186 {1889) ; Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 

 296, 330 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV, p. 526 (1896) ; 

 Schalow, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. p. 659 (1898: Cavancha, May); 

 Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 163 (1899); Martens, Hamb. Magalh. 

 Sammelr. Vog. p. 15 (1900: Patagonia). 



Fig. 162. 



^9"/.^^'^ 



Calidris arcnaria. Breeding plumage. From bird in the British Museum. Natural size. 



General description. 



Size.—K^wM Male, Breeding Plumage. P. U. O. C. 5631, Cobbs 

 Island, Virginia, 3 July, 1881, William E. D. Scott. 



