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Europe, north Africa, Asia Minor, Persia and north India, China and 

 south Japan. Casual in Greenland, Jan Mayen, Newfoundland, 

 Nova Scotia, New York, Bahamas, and Barbados. 



ARENARIA INTERPRES* 



368. Arenaria interpres interpres (L.) THE TURNSTONE. 



TRINGA INTERPRES Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 148 (1758 Europe 

 and N. America. Restricted typical locality : Gotland). 

 Strepsilas interpres (Linnseus), Yarrell, in, p. 289 ; Saunders, p. 557. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Pas sage -migrant and winter-visitor 

 (late July and Aug. to May). Widely distributed all coasts chiefly 

 autumn and spring but many stay winter, especially in south England 

 and Ireland. Non-breeding birds frequently observed throughout 

 summer. Occasionally inland on passage. Supposed, but never 

 proved, to have bred on several occasions. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Breeds in Greenland, arctic Europe, south 

 to Cattegat and Baltic, and Asia, and also in Alaska. Winters on 

 coasts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Australia. Replaced 

 by a very closely -allied form (status of which requires further 

 investigation) in arctic America, which migrates south to Central 

 and South America. 



BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA 



369. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.) BARTRAM'S SAND- 

 PIPER. 



TRINGA LONGICAUDA Bechsteui, Allg. Ueb. Vogel, iv, ii, p. 453 (1812 



N. America). 



Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein), Yarrell, in, p. 440 ; Saunders, p. 603. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. About eleven. Near Warwick, end 

 Oct., 1851. Near Cambridge, Dec. 12, 1854. River Parret (Somer- 

 set) about 1850. Near Mullion (Cornwall) Nov. 13, 1865. Lowstead 

 (Northumberland) Nov. 21, 1879. [Leadenhall Market, said from 

 Lines., Oct., 1880.] Near Lizard (Cornwall) Oct., 1883. Near 

 Ballinasloe (Galway) autumn, 1855. Near Bandon (Cork) Sept. 4, 

 1894 (Saunders, p. 603; cf. Yarrell, m, p. 440). [Poulterer's shop, 

 Falmouth (Cornwall) Oct., 1903.] Romney Marsh (Kent) July 18, 

 1908 (Brit. B., n, pp. 206, 269). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Breeds from Alaska to Missouri, Indiana, 

 and north Virginia, winters on pampas of South America, south to 

 Argentina. Occurs occasionally in Europe : the only authenticated 



* Arenaria Brisson antedates Strepsilas by 51 years. It is strange that 

 British ornithologists, who introduced and always advocated Brisson's generic 

 names, have ignored this unmistakeable generic term. E.H. 



