Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 773 



It is resident in China according to David and Styan, in Formosa according 

 to Swinhoe, and Hume records its breeding in N. W. India. There is no 

 evidence as yet that it ever breeds in Celebes. 



The genus Actitis may be described as intermediate between Totanus and 

 Tringa. It has the bill much as in the latter genus, the foot as in the former. 

 The maxillary groove, in which the nostril is situated, is continued almost to 

 the tip of the bill, or fully seven-eights of its length, while in Totanus the 

 maxilla is round and solid at the sides for almost the terminal half of its length 

 before the groove commences. A small web is found at the base of the middle 

 and outer toes of Actitis, whereas in Tringa the toes are free. The white bar 

 across the remiges of Actitis^ very conspicuous when the bird is in flight, easily 

 distinguishes it from both these allied genera. Some anatomical difierences, 

 such as a modification in the sternum, are further pointed out by Nitzsch. 



GENUS TEREKIA Bp. 



Differs from Totanus in having the tarsus much shorter than the bill, in 

 having the maxillary groove traceable almost to the end of the bill, and by the 

 absence of white on the tail and rump; from Actitis it differs chiefly by its 

 long recurved bill, and there is a small basal web connecting the inner, as 

 well as the outer toe, with the middle one. Migratory; the single species is 

 found from E. Europe and Asia south to Australia and S. Africa. 



-+330. TEREKIA CINEREA (Gttlcl.). 



Terek Sandjiiper. 



a. Scolopax cinerea (Ij Giildenst., N. Comin. Petrov. XIX, 473, pi. XXI (1774). 



b. Totanus javanicus (1) Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, XEH, 193. 



c. Scolopax sumatrana (1) Rfl., Tr. L. S. 1822, XIH, 327. 



d. Limosa terek Temm. (I) Gld., B. Europe lY, pi. 307 (1837;. 



Terekia cinerea (1) Less., Compl. de Buff. Ois. 1838, 679; (11) G-ld., B. Austr. 1848, VI, 

 pi. 34; (3) id., Hb. B. Austr. 1865, H, 261; (IV) Sli. & Dress., B. Eui-ope 1871, VTH, 

 195, pi. 572; (5) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 330; (6) Hume, Str. F. 1874, 

 n, 296; (7) Hartl., Vog. Madag. 1877, 325; (8) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 

 460; (9) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 460; (10) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 

 711; (11) Hume, Str. F. 1879, VHI, 70; (12) Milne-Ed. & Grandid., Ois. Madag. 

 1879, I, 629; (13) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 836; (14) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 

 326; (15) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, H, 407; (16) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 

 55; (16"'') Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1884, XLIH, 116; (17) Stejn., Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mas. 1885, Nr.29, p. 132; (IS) Sharpe, Ibis 1886, 492; (19) W.Blas., Z.ges.Om. 

 1886, 166; (19"'^) Meves, Ornis 1886, 255; (20) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 

 133; (21) Sharpe, Ibis 1888, 203; ("22; Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 209; 

 f23J Rad. &Walt., Ornis 1889, 119; (24) Whitehd., Ibis 1890, 59; (25) Steere, 

 List CoU. B. & M. Pbilipp. 1890, 26; (26) Sharpe, Ibis 1891, 114; (27) Styan, 

 t. c. 331, 507; (28) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 203; (29) De La Touebe, 



