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EROLIA FUSCICOLLIS 



381. Erolia fuscicollis (VieiU.) BONAPARTE'S SAND- 

 PIPER. 



TRINGA FUSCICOLLIS Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., xxxiv, 



p. 461 (1819 Paraguay. Ex Azara). 



Tringa fuscicollis Vieillot, Yarrell in, p. 373 ; Saunders, p. 581. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. Fourteen. Salop (one), Scilly Isles, 

 (two), Cornwall (three), Devon (four), Sussex (two), Middlesex (one)., 

 (Saunders, p. 581). Kent (one), June 4, 1906 (Brit. B., I, p. 231). 

 One believed shot near Belfast prior to 1836. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Breeds on arctic coast of North America,, 

 having occurred as far west as Point Barrow in Alaska, and as far 

 east as Greenland ; migrates through North America, and winters 

 in southern South America ; casual in Bermudas. 



EROLIA SUBRUFICOLLIS* 



382. Erolia subruficollis (Vieill.) THE BUFF-BREASTED 

 SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA SUBRUFICOLLIS Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 



xxxiv, p. 465 (1819 Paraguay. Ex Azara). 



Tryngites rufescens (Vieillot), Yarrell, in, p. 435 ; Saunders, p. 601. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. About eighteen, mostly Sept., but 

 one May and one July. Lines, (one), Norfolk (five), Cambs. (one), 

 Sussex (one), [Kent (one) supposed], Cornwall and Scilly (four), 

 Lundy Island (one), Lanes, (one), Cumberland (one), Dublin (one), 

 Down (two), [Caithness (one) supposed], (Saunders, p. 601 and 

 Brit. B., n, pp. 241, 269.) 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Breeds along arctic coasts of North 

 America, and apparently easternmost arctic Asia, winters in Argen- 

 tina and Uruguay, passing, on migration, through North America 

 and appearing occasionally west Europe (Heligoland, Switzerland). 



EROLIA MARITIMAf 



383. Erolia maritima maritima (Brunn.) THE PURPLE 

 SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA MARITIMA Brunnich, Orn. Borealis, p. 54 (1764 Christiansoe, 



Norway). 



Tringa striata Linnseus, Yarrell, in, p. 408 ; Saunders, p. 593. 



* The name subruficollishas page-priority over rufescens, and is now univer- 

 sally accepted ; cf. Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxiv, p. 521, A.O.U. Check-list, p. 124. 



f Tringa striata L. is a wrong name, the description not agreeing with that 

 of the Purple Sandpiper ; moreover maritima antedates striata. E.H. 



