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Tringa maculata. AMERICAN PECTORAL 

 SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maculata Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 

 1811), p. 465 : Antilles. 



Tringa maculata Vieill. ; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 168 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 579. 

 Heteropygia rnaculata Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 



p. 562. 



M aculdta spotted ; from maculdre=to mark with spots, maculae. 



Distribution in the British Islands. An Occasional Visitor 

 to the eastern and southern counties of England from North- 

 umberland to Kent and westward to the Scilly Islands ; it has 

 occurred once On the west coast, in Cumberland. In Scotland 

 it has been obtained three times, in the Orkney Islands, 

 Aberdeenshire, and Argyllshire ; and in Ireland three times, 

 in cos. Galway and Mayo. 



General Distribution. The American Pectoral Sandpiper 

 breeds in Arctic North America from Alaska to Hudson 

 Bay and is also believed to nest in north-eastern Siberia. 

 In winter it visits South America, ranging as far south 

 as Chile and Patagonia. It is accidental in Greenland, 

 Unalaska, and the Hawaiian Islands. 



Tringa acuminata. SIBERIAN PECTORAL 

 SANDPIPER. 



TotanuS acuminatus Horsfekl, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 



xiii. 1821, p. 192 : Java. 

 Heteropygia acuminata (Horsf.} Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 



1896, p. 566. 

 Tringa acuminata Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 579. 



Acuminata = sharp-pointed. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It 

 has occurred once, at Breydon, Norfolk, Aug. 1892, and 



