778 Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 



The Sharp-tailed Sandijiper is most similar to T.pectoralis [Say) of America, 

 which differs in having a slightly longer bill, the middle tail-feathers 6.3 mm 

 longer than the next pair (as against 2.5 mm in acuminata), the belly and under 

 tail-coverts pure white in summer, and some other characters carefully pointed 

 out by Seebohm, who allows the American bii'd only subspecific rank. From 

 other Tringae occurring in Celebes, T. acuminata is easily distinguished from 

 T. albescens and damascensis by its much larger size. T. crassirostris T. & S., which 

 is almost sure to be found in Celebes sooner or later, is very much larger (wing 

 178 — 193 mm) than acuminata and has the bill longer than the head. The 

 Common Sandpiper may be easily distinguished by the two white bars across 

 its wing, and the green-glossed drab colour of its upper surface, the upjjer parts 

 of acuminata resembling those of a Lark. 



+ 332. TRINGA DAMASCENSIS (Horsf.). 



Long-toed Stint. 



a. Totanus damascensis (1) Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc. 1821, XTTT, 192.') 



b. Tringa minuta (1) Blyth (nee Leisl.j, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 1849, 270. 



c. Tringa subminuta (I) Midd., Sibir. Reise 11, pt. 2, 1853, p. 222, t. XIX, f. 6 (foot); 



(2) Schrenck, Reise Amurl. I, pt. 2, 1860, 424; (3) Prjev., Rowl. Orn. Misc. 

 1878, in, 90; (4) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 889; (5) Gates, B. Brit. Bui-mah 1883, 

 II, 391; (6) Seeb., Ibis 1884, 34; (7) id., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 438; (8) Tacz., 

 P. Z. S. 1888, 457; (9) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 319; (10) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. 

 A. S. 1889, 207; (11) Sliarpe, Ibis 1890, 143; (12) Seeb., B. Japan 1890, 338; 

 (13) Styan, Ibis 1891, 506; (14) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 499; (15) Tacz., 

 Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 1893, II, 941; (16) Styan, Ibis 1894, 335. 



d. Actodromas subminuta (1) Bp., C. R. 1856, XLILE, 596, Nr. 218. 



Tringa damascensis (1) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 316; (2) id., Ibis 1863, 413; (3) id., Ibis 

 1864, 420; (4) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 48; (5) Blyth, Ibis 1865, 34; 

 (6) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1871, 409; (7) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VLE, 97; (8) Hume, 

 Str. F. 1873, I, 243; (9) id., ib. 1874, H, 482; (10) id., ib. 1875, HI, 182; 

 (11) Ball, ib. 1878, VLE, 228; (12)'Rosenh., Malay. Archip. 1878, 278; (13)W.BIsls., 

 J. f. 0. 1883, 127; (14) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1883, XLH, 98. 



e. Tringa salina (nee Pall.); (1) Sh. & Dress., B. Europe VLE, 33 (1871); (2) Hume, Str. 



F. 1873, L 242; (3) Legge, t. c. 491; (4) id., ib. 1875, m, 265. 



f. Actodromas salina (nee Pall.); (1) Salvad., Cat. Uce. Borneo 1874, 324. 



g. Tringa ruficollis (nee Pall.); (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 234; (2) Hume, Str. F. 



1878, VI, 461; (3) id., ib. 1878, VH, 228, 487; (4) id., ib. 1879, VLEI, 70, 157; 

 (5) Seeb., Ibis 1879, 26; (6) Gates, Str. F. X, 1882, 240; (7) Hume, ib. 1888, 

 XL 323. 

 h. Actodromas damascensis (1) Stejn., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, Nr. 29, p. 116; (2) id., 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 130. 



') It would be impossible to identify this bird after Horsfield's description with the carefully diagnosed 

 Tringa subminuta of von Middendorff with any feeling of security, had not Blyth, who seems to have 

 examined Horsfield's type, stated that they are identical (Ibis 1865, 34). So, too, more recently Sharpe 

 (Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 553, 555). 



