﻿Sharp-tailed 
  Sandpiper. 
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  pectoral 
  streaks 
  of 
  its 
  first 
  winter 
  dress, 
  but 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  got 
  

   any 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  flanks. 
  The 
  figures 
  of 
  Schmniclus 
  aus- 
  

   tralis 
  (Gould, 
  ' 
  Birds 
  of 
  Australia/ 
  vi. 
  pi. 
  30) 
  represent 
  a 
  

   young 
  bird 
  in 
  first 
  plumage 
  with 
  buff 
  and 
  almost 
  unspotted 
  

   breast, 
  and 
  an 
  example, 
  probably 
  adult, 
  in 
  winter 
  dress, 
  

   with 
  very 
  little 
  rufous 
  buff 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  and 
  no 
  

   streaks 
  on 
  the 
  flanks. 
  The 
  figure 
  of 
  Tr'inga 
  acuminata 
  

   (Nelson, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Coll. 
  Alaska, 
  iii. 
  pi. 
  vii.) 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   that 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  bird 
  in 
  first 
  plumage 
  with 
  more 
  streaks 
  than 
  

   usual 
  on 
  the 
  breast. 
  

  

  The 
  egg 
  of 
  the 
  Siberian 
  Pectoral 
  Sandpiper 
  is 
  unknown, 
  

   but 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  breeds 
  in 
  Siberia. 
  

   I 
  have 
  an 
  example 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dybowski 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  Argun 
  

   in 
  Dauria 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  several 
  examples 
  from 
  

   the 
  Chinese 
  coast 
  collected 
  by 
  Swinhoe 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  

   It 
  must 
  now 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  accidental 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  

   British 
  Islands, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  wise 
  in 
  all 
  possessors 
  of 
  

   supposed 
  examples 
  of 
  British-killed 
  American 
  Pectoral 
  Sand- 
  

   pipers 
  to 
  examine 
  them 
  carefully, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  pro- 
  

   bable 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Siberian 
  species. 
  

  

  Appendix. 
  By 
  The 
  Editor. 
  

  

  To 
  Mr. 
  Seebohm's 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  interesting 
  addition 
  to 
  

   the 
  British 
  Avifauna 
  I 
  subjoin 
  the 
  principal 
  references 
  in 
  

   ornithological 
  literature 
  to 
  this 
  bird, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  best 
  

   English 
  name 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  " 
  Sharp-tailed 
  Sandpiper,'^ 
  

   adopted 
  by 
  Nelson. 
  

  

  The 
  figure 
  (Plate 
  V.) 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Ground's 
  speci- 
  

   men, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  kindly 
  lent 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

   Mr. 
  Ground 
  writes 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  follows 
  respecting 
  it 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  shot 
  the 
  bird 
  on 
  the 
  29th 
  August 
  last 
  on 
  Breydon 
  

   mudflats 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  a 
  Ringed 
  Plover 
  and 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  Dunlins. 
  The 
  boatman 
  picked 
  it 
  up 
  and 
  threw 
  

   it 
  into 
  the 
  punt, 
  saying 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  Dunlin. 
  On 
  reaching 
  home 
  

   I 
  examined 
  the 
  bird, 
  and 
  having 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  Dunlin 
  with 
  so 
  

   fine 
  and 
  short 
  a 
  bill, 
  I 
  took 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  stuff 
  ers 
  and 
  was 
  

   agreeably 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  afterwards 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  

   been 
  pronounced 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  Tringa 
  acuminata." 
  

  

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