168 SCOLOPACID^E. 



Genus TKINGA, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 247 (1766). 



Tringa, the late Latin form of Aristotle's rpvyyas. Derivation unknown ; 

 but cf. Tpv^<), rpi%(t) = I sound, &c. 



Tringa maculata. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maculata, Vieillol, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xxxiv. p. 465 (1819). 



Tringa pectoralis, Macg. iv. p. 190; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 77; 



id. ed. 3, iii. p. 82. 

 Tringa maculata,, Gray, p. 166 ; Harting, p. 140 ; Dresser, 



viii. p. 11. 



Limnocinclus pectoralis, Gould, iv. pi. 67. 

 The Pectoral Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 654. 



Maculata = spotted ; from maculdre = to mark with spots, macula. 



A rare straggler to the British Islands. A North- American 

 species, migrating southwards in winter as far as Chili and 

 Brazil. 



Tringa fuscicollis. BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa fuscicollis, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 



xxxiv. p. 461 (1819). 

 Tringa schinzii, Naum. vii. p. 453, xiii. p. 235; Macg. iv. 



p. 222; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 74; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 79. 

 Tringa bonapartei, Gray, p. 167. 

 Tringa bonapartii, Harting, p. 142. 

 Pelidna bonapartei, Gould, iv. pi. 71. 

 Tringa fuscicollis, Dresser, viii. p. 15. 

 Schinz's Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 651. 



Fuscicollis = with a dusky neck, from fuscus -\-collum. 



A rare straggler to the British Islands. An inhabitant of 

 North America, migrating southwards in winter as far as the 

 Argentine Republic and the Falkland Islands, 



