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CALIDRIS LEUCOPH^A* 



372. Calidris leucophsea (Pall.) THE SANDERLING. 



TMXGA LEUCOPH^A Pallas, in Vroeg's Cat. Coll., p. 32 (1764 Northern 



coast of Holland). 



Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus), Yarrell, in, p. 420 ; Saunders, p. 597. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Passage-migrant (Aug.-Oct. and 

 April-May) and winter-visitor. Widely distributed on sandy coasts 

 but scarce west Scotland. Chiefly passage-migrant staying through 

 autumn, but a good many winter. Non-breeding birds observed 

 frequently throughout summer. Occasional inland. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Breeds in arctic regions (Spitsbergen, 

 north Siberia, probably Iceland, from Melville Island and Ellesmere 

 Land to Greenland, Alaska), visits in winter and during migration 

 all the lands southwards, as far as south Africa, Java, Borneo, 

 Australia, the Marshall and Hawaiian Islands, and in America, 

 Patagonia and Chile. 



EROLIA ALPINAj 



373. Erolia alpina alpina (L.) THE DUNLIN. 



TRINGA ALPINA Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 149 (1758 Lapland). 

 Tringa alpina Linnaeus, Yarrell, in, p. 377 ; Saunders, p. 583. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident and winter-visitor. Breeds 

 sparingly moors Cardigan, Denbigh and Merioneth (formerly Dee 

 marshes), Lanes., Yorks. and Derby borders, north and north-west 

 Yorks., and Tees marshes ; northwards more abundantly both 

 moors and coast-marshes, and most Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands. 

 Has bred Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Lines. In Ireland breeds 

 small numbers many parts Leinster, Connaught, and Ulster. Many 

 immigrants arrive autumn and until their return in spring the bird 

 is very numerous on all coasts, while many non-breeding birds stay 

 throughout summer. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Breeds in north Europe; Iceland and 

 Faeroes; and north Asia, migrates in winter to Mediterranean, north 

 Africa and Red Sea, also to India. Accidental in eastern North 

 America. Replaced by an allied race in east Asia and North 

 America. 



* The name leucophcea antedates Tringa Arenaria of Linnaeus (1766). 

 E.H. 



f The name Tringa now being used for the Sandpipers (Totanus olim) 

 according to the International Riiles and " Opinions" of the Commission, 

 the next oldest name must be taken up for the Stints and Dunlins. E.H. 



