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2. Distribution. This race breeds on the Arctic shores of North America from Alaska to 

 Hudson Bay, but the only definite records of nesting are from the Point Harrow district, 

 Alaska. Its winter quarters lie in South America from Peru and Bolivia to Chile, Argentina, 

 and Patagonia. It is said to have occurred as a casual in North-east Siberia, and has been 



-(led from I 'nalaska, Hawaii, Greenland, and over tifty times in the British Isles. [F. c. R. j.] 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL- SANDPIPER [ /',/;,/,, macvtdta acumindta (Horsfield); Erdlia 

 it'-n ,nin<if<i (Horstield): Ti-'ui;/n (usumvnatct Horstield]. 



1. Description. Distinguished from the American pectoral-sandpiper by the more con- 

 spicuous striations of the fore-neck and chest, and the more pointed tips of the tail feathers. 

 Length 9 in. [229 mm.J. The adult in breeding plumage has the upper parts black, each 

 feather margined with rich rufous; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts and middle tail 

 feathers black ; primaries dusky brown, the shaft of the first white, remainder brown ; tail 

 feathers greyish brown, the middle pair of which are conspicuously lengthened and acuminate; 

 throat and belly white; lower throat and chest black, tipped with greyish white, giving these 

 parts a heavily streaked appearance ; iris dark brown ; bill blackish brown, reddish brown at 

 the angle of the gape : feet yellowish ochre tinged with olive. After the autumn moult the 

 rufous tinge disappears, leaving the coloration altogether browner, [w. p. p. and T. \v.] 



2. Distribution. The Siberian race breeds in North-eastern Asia on the Taimyr Peninsula, 

 the New Siberian Islands, and the Lena and Kolyma deltas. It has also been met with in 

 Kamtschatka and the Commander Isles. In the winter months it migrates south to Japan 

 and from the coast of East China to New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. One or perhaps 

 two occurrences are recorded from England (Breydon, Norfolk, August 1892 : possibly Yarmouth, 

 Suffolk, 1S4S). [F. c. R. j.] 



BAIRD'S SANDPIPER [P.-1'tdua bai,\lii (Coues); Erolia bairdii (Coues); Tringa bairdii 

 (Coues)]. 



1. Description. Distinguished from Bonaparte's sandpiper by the hindmost upper tail- 

 coverts which are black instead of white. Length 7 in. [177 mm.]. Adult in summer 

 plumage general colour .above, sandy brown heavily streaked, spotted, and blotched with black, 

 giving the upper parts a spotted appearance; throat and belly white; chest golden buff, finely 

 striated with blaekish brown ; primaries dusky brown, shafts white ; tail feathers brownish 

 grey, finely margined with white; central feathers blackish brown, finely margined with white ; 

 iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet slate-black. After the autumn moult all the light parts 

 of the upper surface of the body are replaced with greyish brown, giving these parts a much 

 darker appearance ; throat and belly white ; chest similarly marked to that of the summer 

 plumage, but not so bright, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Breeds on the barren grounds from Hudson Bay westward to Alaska 

 but has only been proved to breed near Point Barrow and by Macfarlane on the Barren 

 grounds. Its normal winter quarters lie in South America (Chile, Argentine, and Patagonia 

 being its southern limits), and as a casual it has occurred once in Damaraland and three or four 

 times in Great Britain (Sussex, Norfolk, and St. Kilda). [F. c. R. J.] 



BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER [Pelidna fuscicollis (Vieillot) ; Erolia fuscicollis (Vieillot) ; 

 Tringa fuscicollis Vieillot. Whiterumped-sandpiper]. 



1. Description. Distinguished from Baird's sandpiper by hindmost upper tail-coverts, 

 which are white, whereas in the latter species they are black. Length 7 in. [177 mm.]. The 

 adult in summer plumage has the upper parts black, with rich rufous bufY margins to the 



