280 SCOLOPACID^E. 



to repeat. The Jacksnipe is said occasionally to arrive in Anda- 

 lucia towards the end of September ; but my two earliest notes of 

 their arrival are the 24th and the 27th of October near Seville. 



Purple gloss on back ; axillaries white ; tail-feathers twelve, centre pair 

 longer than the rest. Length 1\ inches. 



304. Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus). The Sanderling 1 . 

 Spanish. Churrilla de tres dedos (Malaga) (Arevalo). 



" This bird is abundant during migration near Tangier in small 

 flocks along the coast, crossing the Straits during March, April, 

 and May ; they are found returning south as late as December. 

 I found numbers near Tetuan in February 1848 at the mouth of 

 the river, where they are known to the Moors under the name of 

 Medrouan." Favier. 



On the African side we saw large flights of Sanderlings early 

 in April between Tetuan and Ceuta. On the Spanish side they 

 are common from autumn to spring along the sea-shore ; the 

 latest noticed was during the first week in May. 



Legs and bill black ; bill as long as the head and straight; no hind toe. 



In spring. Upper parts rufous and black; head, throat, and upper breast 

 rufous, marked with black. 



In winter. Grey above, white below ; rump ashy grey ; bill as long as 

 the head. Length 8 inches. 



305. Tring-a subarquata, Giildenstadt. The Curlew Sand- 



piper. 



All that Favier has in his MS. relative to this bird is that it 

 " passes near Tangier during the month of April, returning south 

 in September." 



I never obtained the Curlew Sandpiper on the autumnal 

 passage ; but in some years vast numbers passed at Gibraltar 

 towards the end of April, usually in lots of from ten to twenty 

 in number ; they were occasionally mixed up with Dunlins, and 

 were chiefly to be seen at the mouths of rivers, particularly about 

 Palmones, where one was shot with the first primary in each wing 



