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wintering in the Southern States, Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and South 

 America. 



It is possible that its breeding-range may extend much further north, as it has been 

 obtained nearly as far north as the Arctic Circle in Alaska. It appears occasionally to 

 wander very far from its ordinary winter-quarters during migration. There is no record 

 of its occurrence on the Pacific coast of North America, but it has been obtained on the 

 Bermuda Islands (Reid, Zoologist, 1877, p. 478), in Australia, and in Italy (Gigholi, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 184), Malta (Wright, Ibis, 1869, p. 247), Holland, Germany, and the British 

 Islands. Salmon obtained it in Colombia (Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, 

 p. 547). It appears to be common in Eastern Peru, as it was obtained by Bartlett, 

 Hauxwell, and Jelski ; but it is not recorded from Chili. Goering obtained it in Venezuela 

 (Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 169); and it is very common from December 

 to the beginning of April in the Argentine Republic ; Burmeister found it south of 

 Mendoza, and it is one of the commonest Sandpipers near Buenos Ayres (Durnford, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 199). 



The sternum of Bartram's Sandpiper is that of a typical Tot amis, and very closely 

 resembles that of the Greenshank. 



