60 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Adult male.—Wing, 164-183 (170.9); tail, 63-69 (65.2); exposed 
culmen, 23.5-26 (24.2); tarsus, 29-30.5 (29.6); middle toe, 23-24.5 
(23.9).¢ 
Adult female.—Wing, 169-181 (176); tail, 64-66 (65); exposed 
culmen, 23-26 (24.9); tarsus, 29-31.5 (30.5); middle toe, 23-26 (24).2 
Pacific coast of America, from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, to Straits 
of Magellan (Van Island, Feb. 13); breeding range unknown, but 
probably interior of northwestern Alaska; in migration, from Kowak 
River and Kotzebue Sound along coast of Alaska (St. Michaels; 
Sannak Island; Kadiak Island; Kuiu Island; Prince William Sound; 
Sitka, July 21), British Columbia (Vancouver Island; Orcas Island; 
Quatrino, July 31) and Washington to Oregon (Yaquina Bay, April 
25); winiers from Monterey, California (Jan. 31) southward. 
[Tringa] virgata Genin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 674 (“Sandwich Sound” = 
Prince William Sound, Alaska; based on Streaked Sandpiper Latham, Gen. 
Synop. Birds, iii, pt. i, 1785, 180).—Laraam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 735.— 
Turton, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 405. 
Aphriza virgata Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1847, pl. 147 (winter plumage).—Cassin, in 
Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 698.—Barrp, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 
1859, no. 511.—Sciater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 236 (Vancouver 
Island); 1867, 339 (Chile)—Brown, Ibis, 1868, 424 (Vancouver Island).— 
Dati and Bannister, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 290 (Sitka).—Orron, 
Am. Nat., iv, 1871, 716 (type of A. townsendi Audubon in coll. Vassar Col- 
lege) —Covzs, Check List, 1873, no. 403; 2d ed., 1882, no. 594.—LAWRENCE, 
Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 307 (Colima, w. Mexico).—Ripeway, Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 198 (Cat. N. Am. Birds, no. 511); Nom. N. Am. 
Birds, 1881, no. 511.—SHarpre, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881, 15 (Van Island, 
Straits Magellan); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 208 (St. Michaels, Alaska; 
Orcas Island and Vancouver Island, Brit. Columbia; Chile; Van Island, 
Straits Magellan), 739 (Vancouver Island; Lower California) —Nzzson, 
Cruise “Corwin” in 1881 (1883), 83 (St. Michaels, Alaska); Rep. N. H. 
Coll. Alaska, 1887, 127 (Sitka; St. Michaels; descr. young).—Batrp, BREWER, 
a Ten specimens. > Seven specimens. 
Ex- . 
s Locality. Wing. | Tail. | posed | Tarsus. widdle 
culmen. 
MALES. 
Three adult males from Alaska (Sitka).............2200.22200.. 170.3 64.7 24,2 29.2 23.8 
One adult male from Oregon................ 2-00 22ce eee eee eee 170 66.5 23.5 29 23.7 
One adult male from California...........0......2.02. 002 cece ee 168 63.5 24.5 29. 5 23 
Four adult males from Lower California....................... 173. 2 65.5 24.6 29.7 23.9 
One adult male from southwestern Mexico (Rio Zacatulo, Co 
Vita) 2224. .26 sara mpemwietscpe spepteim einem NR AIRE a ctesiselneudem cannes 175.5 65 23.5 30.5 24.5 
FEMALES, 
One adult female from British Columbia............2...2...--. 181 66 26 31 23 
One adult female from California (San Francisco) eitisicss est eeebce 178 65.5 25.5 31.5 24 
Five adult females from Lower California...................... 174.6 64.7 24.5 30.2 24,2 
