172 SCOLOPACID^. 



p. 692; Gould, iv. pis. 61, 62; Harting, p. 48; Dresser, 



viii. p. 87. 



Philomachus pugnax, Gray, p. 164. 

 The Ruff, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 573. 



Pugnax = fond of fighting ; from pugna = a fight. 



In former days the Ruff bred in numbers in the east of 

 England^ but is now only seen on passage. It is distributed 

 over the whole of Europe and Asia, except the extreme north. 

 In winter it extends as far south as the Cape colony and 

 India. 



Genus CALIDRIS, Cuvier, Le. An. Comp. i. tab. 2 (1800) . 



Calidris = KaXi^pts or vicdXidpis, a speckled water-bird in Aristotle. Deri- 

 vation unknown. The word is spelt Ckalidris by Belon in 1555. 



Calidris arenaria. SANDERLING. 



Tringa Arenaria, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 251 (1766). 



Calidris arenaria, Naum. vii. p. 353, xiii. p. 231 ; Macg. iv. 

 p. 237 ; Gray, p. 171 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 491 ; id. ed. 3, 

 ii. p. 506 ; Gould, iv. pi. 66 ; Harting, p. 49 ; Dresser, 

 viii. p. 101. 



The Sanderling, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 427. 



Arenaria = pertaining to sand, arena. 



Common in winter on the coasts of the British Islands. 

 Found on the shores of nearly the whole world. Breeds in 

 the Arctic regions. 



Genus TRYNGITES, Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1856, p. 418. 



Tryngites = like a Tringa, rpvyyas. 



Tryngites rufescens. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



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

 xxxiv. p. 470 (1819). 



Actitis rufescens, Naum. xiii. p. 239. 



Tringa rufescens, Macg. iv. p. 194; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 57; 

 id. ed. 3, iii. p. 60. 



