BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 425 
Adult female.—Wing, 105-116 (110.2); tail, 48.5-52.5 (50.2); cul- 
men, 20-24 (22.4); tarsus, 18.5-21 (19.8); middle toe, 18-20 (19.1).¢ 
Breeding in circumpolar regions, from western Alaska to. eastern 
Siberia; in North America, from northern Alaska, Melville Island, 
central Greenland, etc., to Pribilof and Aleutian islands, valley ot 
upper Yukon River, northern Mackenzie, southern James Bay, and 
northeastern Labrador; in Europe and Asia breeding in Iceland, 
Shetland, Orkney, and Faro islands, Outer Hebrides, and northern 
Norway to northeastern Siberia and Commander Islands, Kam- 
chatka; migrating southward as far as Peru (Chorillos; Tumbez), 
Patagonia, Galapagos Archipelago (Albemarle, Indefatigable, James, 
and Narborough islands), New Guinea (at sea near; Aru Islands), 
New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, etc.; occurs (occasionally at 
least) in Hawaiian Islands (Kauai) and Bermudas; frequent during 
migration in interior of United States, Mexico, and Central America. 
[Tringa] lobata Linnavus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 148, 824 (Hudson Bay; 
based on Tringa fusca, etc., Edwards, Nat. Hist., i, 1750, 46, pl. 26, 143, pl.143); 
ed. 12, 1, 1766, 249.—Brinnicu, Orn. Bor., 1764, 51.—Gmetin, Syst. Nat., 
i, pt. ii, 1789, 674.—Turron, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 406. 
Tringa lobata Fasrictus, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, 109.—Bopparrt, Tabl. 
Pl. Enl., 1783, 48 (Pl. Enl., pl. 766). 
Phalaropus lobatus Satvaport, Faun. Ital., Ucc., 1871, 210.—BritiecEmann, 
Abh. nat- Ver Bremen, v, 1876, 96 (Celebes).—Apams, Ibis, 1878, 438 (St. 
Michaels, Alaska; habits)—Turner, Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, 
Aleutian chain, abundant visitant); Contr. N. H. Alaska, 1886, 146 (St. 
Michaels, etc., breeding; habits)—Srusnecur, Auk, ii, 1885, 183; Bull. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., no. 29, 1885, 139 (Bering Island, Kamchatka, breeding).— 
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ Unron, Check List, 1886, and 2nd ed., 1895, 
no, 223.—Netson, Rep. N. H. Coll, Alaska, 1887, 99 (habits, etc.).—THornz, 
Auk, iv, 1887, 336 (Fort Keogh, Montana, 4 specs., June 18)—WarREn, 
Birds Penn., 1888, 235.—Merrriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 3, 1890, 88 (Walker 
Lake, Arizona, Aug. 19).—THompson, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 479 
(Manitoba).—Brruepscu and Stotzmann, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, 400 
(Chorillos, Peru).—Scuatow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1895, 470 (w. Greenland).— 
Evtiot, N. Am. Shore Birds, 1895, 27, pl. 3—Cooxs, Bull. 56, Col. Agric. 
¢ Eleven specimens. 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | C2 |-arsus.| Middle 
MALES, 
Seven adult males from Alaska...........222020.-.e2eeeeeeeeee 105.1 48.6 22 19 19.5 
Four adult males from Nevada (Washoe Lake, May 30)........ 105.1 47.6 22 19.6 19.5 
FEMALES, : 
‘l'wo adult females from Bering Island, Kamchatka............ 110 51 20 19 18.5 
Four adult females from Alaska............22....020eeeeeeeee es 110. 4 50. 4 22.7 20. 2 19. 2 
Three adult females from Nevada (Washoe Lake, May 30)..... 111.8 50. 2 23.3 20.5 19.7 
One adult female from Lower California (San Rafael, May 12)..} 110 49 23.5 20 19.5 
One adult female from Greenland................2.2- 2. sees eee 105 49 21.5 18.5 18 
