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Plates.— Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. pi. clii. ; Halting, Ibis, 1869, pi. xii. ; Nelson, Cruisie o£ the Literature. 



' Corwin/ p. 87. 

 Habits. — Undescribed. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Spoon-billed Sandpiper may always be recognized by its spatulate hill, wliich is Specific 

 three times as vn.de near the tip as it is at the base. In every other respect — size, colour, " ^'^'^ ^'^^' 

 and seasonal variations of plnmage — it is not known to differ from the Eastern form of the 

 Little Stint {T. minuta ruficollis). 



It breeds in some unknown country north of Behring Straits. Nelson obtained an Geoo;raplii- 

 example in Alaska, and Nordenskiold observed it on migration on the northern shores of ^jgn^ 

 Tcliuski-Land. I have exauijiles in ray collection from the Sea of Okhotsk, Hakodadi, 

 Yokohama, Shanghai, and Amoy, all obtained on migration. It has also been obtained in 

 India and Burma, which are presumably its winter-quarters. 



TRINGA ACUMINATA. 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa supracaudalibus centralibus et secundariis interioribus vix albo notatis : pedibus pallidis : Diagnosis. 

 magnitudine majore (alae plus quam 120 millim.) : rectricibus centralibus vix (circa 

 3 millim.) quam contigui longioribus. 



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