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has occurred about fourteen times, mostly in the south of 

 England : In Shropshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, Devon- 

 shire, Cornwall, and the Scilly Islands. One is said to have 

 been obtained in Ireland, near Belfast, about April 1836. 



General Distribution . Bonaparte's Sandpiper breeds in- 

 Arctic North America from the Mackenzie River eastwards 

 to Baffin Land, and has occurred in summer westwards to 

 north Alaska and enstwards to Greenland and Franz Josef 

 Land. In winter it, visits South America, ranging south to 

 Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. It is accidental in the- 

 Bermudas and West Indies. 



Tringa maritima. PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



Tringra maritima Brfinnich, Orn. Borealis, 17G4, p. 54 r 

 Norway. 



Tringa strata Linn ; B. O. II. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 171 ; 



Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 593. 

 Arquatella maritima ( Gmel.) ; STiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 



1896, p. 578. 

 Marit ima = maritime or sea-loving. 



Distribution in tlie British Islands. A "Winter Visitor, 

 widely distributed along our coasts, especially on the more 

 rocky portions, from August to May or even June. There 

 is reason to believe that it has occasionally bred in our 

 Islands, though absolute proof is still wanting. 



General Distribution. The Purple Sandpiper breeds in 

 the Arctic portions of Europe, Asia and north-eastern North 

 America, from Siberia, where it is scarce and local, and 

 probably extends as far east as the Taimyr Peninsula, the 

 New Siberia Islands, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, 

 Spitsbergen and Greenland, westwards to Melville Island. 

 It is resident in the more southern parts of its breeding-range, 

 in Norway and south Sweden, the Faeroes, Iceland, and 

 south Greenland. In winter the more northern birds move 

 down the Atlantic coasts to the Mediterranean, the coasts 



