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one-third, and is twice the length of the culmen. The metatarsus is short, regularly 

 scutellate both in front and behind, longer than the culmen and also the middle toe. 

 The toes are all cleft to the base and a hind-toe is present. 



The bird described by Middendorff as Tringa subminuta differs from the preceding 

 in its longer legs and especially longer toes and claws. The hind -toe and claw is 

 also very long. The metatarsus is more than a fourth the length of the wing, and 

 the middle toe is longer than the culmen ; in typical members of the genus Pisobia 

 the metatarsus is less than one-fourth the wing and the middle toe is shorter than 

 the culmen. 



90. Pisobia ruficollis. RED-NECKED STINT. 



Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 31 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 3, pis. 159-160, 

 Aug. 18th, 1913. 



Trynga ruficollis Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs., Vol. III., p. 700, 1776 (pref. Feb. 10th, O.S.): 



Siberia. 



Totanus damacensis Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 192, 1821 : Java. 



Tringa albescens Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d'Ois., 7* livr. (Vol. I., pi. 41), Feb. 



1821 : Australia. 



Trynga salina Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., Vol. II., p. 199, 1827 : Mongolia. 



Calidris australis Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 7 e livr., p. 558, April 9th, 1831 (ex Cuvier MS.). 



New name for Tringa albescens Temm. 



DISTRIBUTION. Winter visitor to Australia and Tasmania, breeding in the northern hemi- 

 sphere. 



Adult male in summer-plumage. Head and neck all round rufous, like the back 

 and scapulars, with dark centres to the feathers ; the long innermost secondaries 

 dark brown with chestnut margins ; bastard -wing, lesser, median, and greater wing- 

 coverts dark brown, the latter tipped with white, which forms a wing-bar ; primary- 

 coverts dark brown, the inner ones tipped with white, primary- and secondary- 

 quills also dark brown with white shafts ; rump and upper tail-coverts dark brown, 

 the feathers edged with white, the long central upper tail-coverts black ; middle 

 tail-feathers dark brown, the outer feathers pale grey ; base of fore-head and chin 

 whitish ; sides of breast grey with blackish centres to the feathers ; remainder of 

 the under-surface white, with a tinge of buff on the abdomen, sides of body, and 

 under tail-coverts ; bill and feet black ; eyes brown. Total length 152 mm. ; 

 culmen 17, wing 102, tail 43, tarsus 21. 



Adult female in summer -plumage. Similar to the male, but rather more grey 

 on the feathers of the upper-surface, throat, and sides of face ; it is also paler. 



Adult male in winter-plumage. Upper -parts grey, with dark shaft-lines to the 

 feathers of the head, back, scapulars, and wings ; the small marginal upper wing- 

 coverts dark brown like the bastard -wing and primary -co verts, major coverts 

 tipped with white which forms a wing-bar ; primary -quills dark brown with white 

 shafts ; secondaries brown, with white on the inner webs ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and tail much the same as in the summer -plumage ; fore-head, sides of face, and a 

 faintly indicated superciliary streak white, like the chin, throat, and the entire 

 under-surface. 



Another bird, collected in May and still in winter-plumage, differs in being 

 somewhat paler grey, and in having the dark central spot to the feathers on the side 

 of the breast larger. 



An adult female, collected in March, is just beginning to assume the breeding- 

 dress, which is by the appearance of rufous on the throat and top of the head, and 

 the chestnut on the margins of the scapulars. 



Adult female in winter-plumage. Similar to the adult male. 



Immature. Top of head brownish-black with buffish edges to the feathers ; 

 brownish loral stripe ; back black with buffish and white edges ; lower back and 



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