TRINGA FUSCICOLLIS 129 



Burnford, Ibis, p. 404, 1878; Sclater and Hudson, Argentine Orn., ii, p. 185, 

 1889 ; Oustalet, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Ois., p. 127, 1891. 



Tringa SChinzii (nee Brehm), Gould, Birds of Europe, iv,pl. cccxxx, 1837. 



Pelidna SChinzii (nee Brehm), Gould and Darwin, Voy. ''Beagle,'' 

 Birds, p. 131, 1841. 



Tringa bonapartii, AUott, Ibis, p. 156, 1861. 



Pelidna bonapartei, Goidd, Birds of Great Britain, iv, pi. Ixxi, 1873. 

 Heteropygia fUSCiCOlliS, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 

 p. 574, 1896. 



Habitat. — North America to its extreme north ; West India Islands ; 

 South America and Tierra del Fuego ; the Falkland Islands ; Europe and 

 Great Britain. 



? , Useless Baj Settlement, 17th Sept., 1904. 

 Iris, bill, and legs — black. 



The Common Sandpiper has an extensive range, in- 

 cluding Europe and Great Britain in rare instances. It is 

 chiefly seen in large flocks on the mudflats of the sea shore at 

 low water, and also to some extent on inland lagoons. The 

 middle of September I first observed and shot a single pair on 

 the margin of an inland fresh lagoon, but being on the eve of a 

 journey across the island could not skin more than the better 

 specimen of the two, which proved to be a female. No outward 

 difference was noticeable in the sexes. Large flocks of these 

 birds frequented the mudflats at low tide in San Sebastian 

 Bay, at the time of my visit in September and October ; and 

 in company with them was ^gialitis falklandica. 



Darwin found flocks common on the shores of the inland 

 bays in the southern parts of Tierra del Fuego. 



Abbott says this Sandpiper appears in the summer and 

 breeds in the Falkland Islands. 



In Central Patagonia, Durnford observed it '"'resident, 

 common, and always in flocks." 



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