Family CHARADRIID^. Genus Tringa. 



Subfamily Scolopacinm. 



BROAD-BILLED] SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHA— 7£««?Wf^ 



Geographical Distribution.— -Sr/V/V/^ . Rare straggler on 

 spring and autumn passage. The claim of this species to 

 rank as " British " rests on the following recorded instances of its 

 occurrence. England: Norfolk (3 examples), May, 1836, May, 

 1856, April, 1868; Sussex (2 examples), October, 1845, August, 

 1887; Yorkshire (i example), April, 1863. Scotland: No 

 instance of its occurrence on record. Ireland : (i example), 

 Belfast Bay, October, 1844. Foreign: Palaearctic region; 

 Oriental region in winter. Very locally distributed during 

 summer; and although found from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 

 its breeding area is comparatively unknown. Breeds commonly 

 on the Scandinavian fells as far south as lat. 60°, and in Finland. 

 These are apparently the only known breeding grounds of this 

 species, but it has been met with near Lake Baikal and on the 

 southern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk. Occasionally occurs on 

 the coasts of Europe and Japan on migration, and winters in the 

 basin of the Mediterranean, North Africa (extending to Egypt, 

 and occasionally to Madagascar), the Mekran coast, and Northern 

 India (accidentally to Ceylon and the Andaman Islands). It 

 also visits during the cold season, Burma, the Malay peninsula, 

 Java, the Philippine Islands, Formosa, and China. Perhaps a 

 more unsatisfactory bit of geographical distribution cannot be 

 found throughout the class Aves ! 



Allied Forms. — None of sufficient propinquity to call for 

 notice. 



