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LIMICOLJ!. 



■whence it was obtained by Mons. Merk (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 

 ii. p. 190). I can find no record of its occurrence in Japan, but 

 I have an example obtained by Wossnesensky on Urup, one of the 

 Kurile Islands, and there are two examples in the Pryer collection, 

 obtained by Mr. Snow on one of the islands of that group. 



The Purple Sandpiper is a circumpolar species, and is a winter 

 visitor to the British Islands. 



339. TRINGA ARENARIA. 



(SANDERLING.) 

 Tringa armaria, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 251 (1766). 



The Sanderling is the only cleft-toed Sandpiper without a hind toe. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pis. 559, 560. 



The Sanderling appears to be a rare visitor to Japan. There is 

 only one example from Hakodadi in the Swinhoe collection (Swinhoe, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 454), and although Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer state 



Tringa arenaria. 



that there are examples from Yokohama in the Hakodadi Museum, 

 there are none in the Pryer collection. I have, however, two 

 examples obtained by Mr. Owston in the Yokohama market on the 

 1st and 11th of May respectively. 



The Sanderling is a circumpolar bird, and is a common visitor to 

 the coasts of the British Islands in spring and autumn. 



