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Tte Spoon-billed Sandpiper is an occasional winter visitor to the 

 Japanese coasts. Captain Blakiston obtained it at Hakodadi (Swin- 

 hoe. Ibis, 1875, p. 455) ; I have an example obtained on the 8th of 



Head of Tringa pygmcea. Natural size. 



October by Mr. Henson, also at Hakodadi; and there are three 

 examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. 



The Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeds in some unknown country north 

 of Bering Straits. 



344. TRINGA ACUMINATA." 

 (SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER.) 



Totanus acuminattis, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 192 (1820). 



The Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper is not very small (wing from 

 carpal joint more than 4| inches). It has pale legs and feet, dark 

 central upper tail-coverts, and little or no white on the secondaries 

 beyond a narrow margin. 



Figures : Jardine and Selby, 111. Orn. ii. pi. 91 ; Gould, Birds of 

 Australia, vi. pi. 30. 



The Siberian form of the Pectoral Sandpiper is a common visitor 

 on spring and autumn migration to the Japanese coasts. Captain 



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