776 Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 



as the tarsus, when not less; tail somewhat short, square to pointed, 12 rectrices. 

 No white on the tail or rump. Migratory; almost cosmopolitan. 



-^ 331. TRINGA ACUMINATA (Horsf.). 

 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



a. Totanus acuminatus {IJ Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, XTTT, 192. 



h. Tringa australis (I) Jard. & Selby, Dl. Orn. H, pi. 91 (1829); (2) Hartert, Kat. 

 Yog. Slg. Senckenb. Mus. 1891, 221. 



c. Schoeniclus australis (I) Gould, B. Austr. 1848, VI, pi. 30. 



Tringa acuminata (1) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 316; (2) id., Ibis 1863, 412; (3) Schl., Mus. 

 P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 38; (4) Meyer, J. f. O. 1873, 405; (5) Finsch, ib. 1874, 

 172, 197; (GJ David & Oust, Ois. Chine 1877, 470; (7) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 143; 

 (8) Rosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; (9) Bidd., Ibis 1882, 266, 287; (10) id., 

 Str. F. 1882, X, 276; (11) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 313; (12) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 

 1883, 118, 150; (13) Meyer, ib. 150; (14) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 664; (15) Seek, 

 Distr. Oharadr. 1887, 441; (XVI) Nelson, Rep. N. H. CoU. Alaska 1887, 106, 

 pi. VH; (17) Buller, B. New Zeal. 2"* ed. 1888, H, 37; (18) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 

 20; (19) Tacz., P. Z. S. 1888, 457; (20) -Sclut, Ibis 1889, 249; (21) Seeb., B. 

 Japan 1890, 339; (22) Styan, Ibis 1891, 330, 506; (23) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 

 1891, 201; (24) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 499; (25) Sclat., P. Z. S. 1892, 581; 

 (26) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1892, 64; (27) Ribbe, Jb. Ver. Erdk. Dresden 1892, 

 172; (XXVIII) Seeb., Ibis 1893, 120, 181, pi. V; (29) Sclat, ib. 183; (30) Tacz., 

 Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient 1893, H, 906; (XXXI) Dresser, B. Europe, Suppl. 1896, 

 pi. 712. 



d. Limnocinclus acuminatus (1) Gould, Hb. B. Austr. 1865, II, 254; (2) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 



1877, 834. 



e. Pelidna acuminata (1) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 320. 



/: Actodromas acuminatus fiyRidgw., Pr. U. S. Nat Mus. 1881, III, 199, 222; (P'') Nelson, 

 Cruise "Corwin" 1881, 86; (2) Baird, Brew. & Ridgw., Water B. N. Am. 1884, I, 

 225, 235; (3) Stejn., Bull. U. S. Nat Mus. Nr. 29, 1885, p. 115; (4) id., Pr. U. S. 

 Nat Mus. 1887, X, 130. 



g. Heteropygia acuminata (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 566, 767. 



For further synonymy and references of. Salvador! 11, 23\ Sclater 29\ Taczanowski .30; 

 Sharpe g 1. 



Figures and descriptions. Gould c I, dl; Nelson XVI; Seeb ohm XXVIII, 15 (tail); 

 Jardine & Selby b I; Dresser XXXI; David & Oustalet 6; Salvadori 11; 

 Baird, Brewer and Ridgway f 2; Buller 77; Taczanowski 30\ Sharpe g 1. 



Adult. Above broccoli-brown, the centres of the feathers black; head above yellower brown 

 (inclining to tawny-olive) with black centres; wings darker brown, the coverts with 

 whitish edgings, broadest at the tips of the greater series; sliafts of remiges white for 

 the terminal half (except at tip), brownish in basal half, below all white; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts mesially deep bro^vn, with reddish brown tips, at the sides 

 wliite; tail-feathers narrowed towards tip, deep brown, edged and tipped with 

 cinnamon, the lateral ones greyer brown, with white edgings; superciliary stripe 

 and sides of head whitish, with a buff tint on jugulum and sides of neck, more 

 drab on upper breast, the whole with fine striations and spots of dark brown; 

 chin and upper throat white, unspotted; remaining under-parts white, sparingly 



