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Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 



Ibis 1892, 500; (30) Barnes, Ibis 1893, 171; (31) Tacz., Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 

 1893, n, 856; (32) Bns. & Worces., B. Menage Exped. 1894, 31; (33) Yerbury, 

 Ibis 1S96, 35; (34) Sbarpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 474. 



e. Limosa cinerea (1) Gray, Gen. B. Ill, 570 (1847); (2) Heugl., Vog. N. O. Afr. 1871, 



n, 1157. 



f. Totanus cinereus (1) Scbl., Mus. P.-B., Scolopaces, 1861, 77; (2) Biittik., Zool. Erg. 



Weber's Reise 1893, HI, 283. 

 (/. Totanus terekius (1) Seeb., Distr. Cbaradr. 1887, 369; (2) id., B. Japan 1890, 326. 

 h. Tringa (Terekia) cinerea (1) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 20. 



/. Totanus calidris err. (1) M. & Wg., (nee L.), Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 18. 

 For further synonymy and references cf. Heuglin e 2; Salvadori 14 (excl. Terekia guttifera); 



Legge 13; Taczanowski 31; Sharpe 34. 

 Figures and descriptions. Gould d I, II; Sbarpe & Dresser IV; Hartlaub 7; David & 



Oust. 8; Legge 13; Salvador; 14; Oates 15; Vorderman 16''"; Seebohni gl 



fdiagn.); Taczanowski 31; Sharpe 34. 



Winter plumage. Above drab, the feathers with blackish shaft-streaks, some of the scapu- 

 lars blackish, outer tail-feathers whitish grey with a darker submarginal border; 

 remiges, lesser and metacarpal wing-coverts darker bi'own than the back, shaft 

 of first quill white, the second whitish, the rest brown; secondaries broadly (about 

 1 cm) tipped with white, greater wing-coverts narrowly tipped with white; forehead 

 and face white, marked on lores and cheeks with dark streaks; entire under-parts 

 white, a few dark streaks on jugiilum; edge of wing below brown, with white tijDS 

 and edgings; bill strongly recurved (Minahassa: v. Faber — C 3540). 



A second specimen from Celebes which from its smaller bill seems to be young 

 is like that described, but more thickly striated with brown on the fore-neck and sides 

 of breast; "bill black, at base yellowish ; feet yellowish; iris dark" ijj', Kema, 14. Sept. 

 1892: P.&F. Sarasin). 



Sexes. Not known to differ in coloration. 



Breeding plumage. The black shaft-streaks of the upper surface are broader, occupying more 

 of the feather. 



Young. The young bird scarcely able to fly is very hke the adult, but the inner wing-coverts, 

 scapulars, and tertiaries are tipped with dull dark cinnamon, and the breast is cloud- 

 ed with grey-brown with dark shaft-streaks (Xr. 11442). 



Measurements. 



Wing 



TaU 



Tarsus 



Jlid. toe 

 with claw 



Exposed 

 Culmen 

 straight) 



a. (0 3540) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber). . . 132 49 30 25 52 



b. (Sarasin Coll.) (^ (juv.?), Kema, 14. IX. 92 129 52 28 23 46 



Eggs. 4 in number (31); pear-shaped; Sandpiper-like, not resembling Limosa-eggs; ground- 

 colour dull buff, the markings hght purpbsh grey and dark purplish brown; size 35.6 

 —39.4 X 25.4—27.4 (Sh. & Dr. IV, Legge 13). 



Nest. In North Russia: "A slight depression in the ground, about four inches in diameter, 

 on small bits of rotten wood, pieces of reed, and but seldom leaves, behind a small 

 knot of drift wood, a root, or a slightly elevated piece of ground" (Hoffmannsegg 

 and Henke in Sharpe & Dresser IV). 



Distribution. Euroije, principally East (Sh. & Dresser JFj; South Africa (Ayres IV, 13); 

 Madagascar and Mauritius (Hartlaub 7); Asia, through the East Indies, to 

 Australia: — Siberia (Pallas, Middendorff, etc. 31); Bering Id. (Stejneger 17, 20); 

 Sakhahen (Nikolski 31], Japan (Pryer & Ouston g 2); China (Swinhoe, David, 



