286 CHARADBIID2E 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 8 in. 



WING 5-3 



BEAK 1-1 



TARSO-METATARSUS 1 



EGG 1-5 x I'l in. 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Tringa acuminate 



(Horsfield). 



Coloured Figures. Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. ix, pi. 712 ; 

 Seebohm, 'Ibis,' 1893, pi. 5. 



Breydon, in Norfolk, has yielded a specimen of the Old 

 World, or Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper. The bird, an adult, 

 was shot on August 29th, 1892 (' Ibis,' 1893, pp. 181-185, 

 plate 5). A specimen, said to have been obtained in 

 Yarmouth in September, 1848, is preserved in the Norwich 

 Museum. 



This species breeds in Eastern Siberia, and on migration 

 in autumn passes along the eastern side of the Asiatic 

 Continent and the Malay Archipelago, reaching as far as 

 Australia, and New Zealand. 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. The adult male nup- 

 tial plumage resembles that of the American bird, but in 

 the Siberian form there is more rufous about the head, 

 back, and breast, and the markings on the abdomen are 

 1 arrow-shaped ' and extend to the flanks. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. The adult winter 

 plumage is much browner than in the last species, with 

 no rufous except a tinge near the head ; lower breast and 

 abdomen, white ; upper breast and throat, yellowish- 

 brown. 



Immature, male and female. More rufous on the hind- 

 neck, back, and wings, than in the adult nuptial plumage ; 

 the feathers of the back blacker and the margins of the 

 scapulars and inner secondaries lighter in the immature 

 birds ; wing-coverts broadly edged with reddish-buff ; chin , 

 breast, and abdomen, white ; fore-neck, sides of breast, and 



