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Plates. — Gray, Genera of Eirds, iii. pi. clii. ; Harting, Ibis, 1869, pi. xii. ; Nelson, Cruise of the Literature. 



' Corwin/ p. 87. 

 Habits. — Undescribed. 

 Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Spoon-billed Sandpiper inay always be recognized by its spatulate bill, which is Specific 

 three times as wide near the tip as it is at the base. In every other respect — size, colour, c arac ers ' 

 and seasonal variations of plumage — it is not known to differ from the Eastern form of the 

 Little Stint (T. minuta rufcollis). 



It breeds in some unknown country north of Behring Straits. Nelson obtained an Geographi- 

 example in Alaska, and Nordenskiold observed it on migration on the northern shores of t ; on 

 Tchuski-Land. I have examples in my collection from the Sea of Okhotsk, Hakodadi, 

 Yokohama, Shanghai, and Amoy, all obtained on migration. It has also been obtained in 

 India and Burma, which are presumably its winter-quarters. 



TRINGA ACUMINATA. 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tkinga supracaudalibus centralibus et secundariis interioribus vix albo notatis : pcdibus pallidis : Diagnosis. 

 magnitudine majore (alae plus quam 120 millim.) : rectricibus centralibus vix (circa 

 3 millim.) quam contigui longioribus. 



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