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Tringa ferruginea. Curlew-Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea Brunmch, Orn. Borealis, 1764, p. 53 : 



Iceland. 



Tringa subarquata (Giildensi.) ; B. O. 27. List, 1st ed. 1883, 

 p. 170 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 591. 



Ancylochilus subarqaatus Sharpe, Oat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 

 p. 586. 

 Ferruginea=r\i.s\:^ coloured. 



Distrihution in the British Islands. — A Bird of Passage from 

 the end of July to the middle of November and from the 

 end of March to Juno, chiefly on the east and south coasts 

 of G-reat Britain ; it is scarce in the Shetland and Orkney 

 Islands and on the west coast, and unknown in the Outer 

 Hebrides. To the north and east coasts of Ireland it is 

 chiefly an autumn visitor, and has been known to remain in 

 the southern counties until November and even December. 

 It is occasionally met with on inland waters. 



General Distribution. — The Curlew-Sandpiper breeds in 

 Arctic Siberia about the mouth of the Yenesei and on the 

 Taimyr Peninsula and apparently eastwards to Bering sea. 

 In winter it visits the Mediterranean and Africa, ranging 

 southwards to the Cape ; also to India, the Malay Peninsula, 

 and Australia. It has occurred once in Alaska in June 

 and a few times in North America, the West Indies, and 

 even in Patagonia. 



Genus TRYNGITES JOahanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1856, p. 418. 

 Type : T. rufescens (Vieill.). 



Tryngltes=^M)s.B a THnga, rpvyyns. 



Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted 

 Sandpiper. 



Tringa subruficollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xxxiv. 1819, p. 465 : Paraguay. 



Tryngites rufescens {Vieill.); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, 

 p. 172 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 601. 



