Family CHARADRIID^. Genus Tringa. 



Subfamily Scolopacin^e. 



AMERICAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA ACUMINATA PECTORALIS— 6'«)'. 

 Geographical Distribution.— -ff^-Z/zV/^.- Rare straggler on 



migration, chiefly in autumn. The claim of this species to rank 

 as " British '' rests on the following recorded occurrences. 

 England: Scilly Isles (4 examples, i in May); Cornwall (i 

 example); Devonshire (2 examples); Sussex (i example); Suffolk 

 (i example); Norfolk (5 examples); Yorkshire (3 examples); 

 Durham (2 examples) ; Cumberland (i example) ; Northumber- 

 land (2 examples, i in June). Scotland : Dumbartonshire (i 

 example); Aberdeenshire (i example). Ireland: Co. Gal way (i 

 example). With the two solitary exceptions noticed these occur- 

 rences have all been in autumn, during August, September, 

 October, and November. Foreign : Northern Nearctic region ; 

 Neotropical region in winter. Breeds in the Arctic regions of 

 America above the limits of forest growth, from Alaska in 

 the west to Davis Strait in the east, and has wandered as far as 

 Greenland. Passes the United States, the. Bermudas, and the 

 Bahamas on migration, and winters in the West Indies, Mexico, 

 Central America, and throughout South America. 



Allied Forms. — Tringa acuminata, of which the American 

 Pectoral Sandpiper is the New World representative, and only 

 subspecifically distinct, as, according to Mr. Seebohm, who has 

 made a special study of the CHARADRiiDiE, both forms "appear 

 completely to intergrade." An inhabitant of the eastern Palae- 

 arctic region, wintering in the Australian region. Exact breeding 

 grounds unknown. Probably breeds in Dauria, the Tchuski 

 Land, and Kamtschatka, and is said occasionally to visit Alaska. 



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