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The Alaskan form of the American Snipe-billed Sandpiper has 

 occnrred twice in Japan. There is one example in the Blakiston 

 collection, shot amongst a flock of Eastern Golden Plover in Yezzo 

 on the 13th of October (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 454), which I have 



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M. scolopacem (winter plumage). M. griseus (summer plumage). 



examined (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 33) ; and I have a second example, 

 procured by Mr. Owston in the Yokohama market on the 13th of 

 March. 



The Alaskan form of the American Snipe-billed Sandpiper breeds 

 in the Arctic Regions of America west of the Rocky Mountains. 



334. STREPSILAS INTERPRES. 



(TURNSTONE.) 

 Tringa interpres, Linneus, Syat. Nat. i. p. 248 (1766). 



The Turnstone is peculiar in having a dark rump between a white 

 lower back and white upper tail-coverts. It combines the cleft toes 

 of the Snipes with the position of the nasal aperture (extending 

 beyond the basal fourth of the bill) of the Plovers, 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 533. 



