TRINGA. 



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examples in the middle of June in the valley of the Argun River, and Steineger observed Geographi- 



V. • ■ t o ca l distribu- 



lt on Behring Island during the autumn migration. It passes along the coasts ot Japan tion. 

 and China, and has been frequently obtained on many of the islands of the Malay 

 Archipelago from Java to New Guinea. It winters in Australia and New Zealand. 



"tringa acuminata pectoralis. 



AMERICAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tiunga acuminata rectricibus centralibus quam contigui paulo (circa 6 millim.) longioribus. 



The Siberian and American forms of this species appear completely to intergrade. 



Tringa cinclus dominicensis, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 219 (1760). 



Tringa maculata, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 465 (1819). 



Pelidna pectoralis, Say, Long's Exp. i. p. 171 (1823). 



Sclicenieola pectoralis {Say), Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 104 (1814). 



Tringa dominicensis, Deglaud, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 232 (1849). 



Pelidna maculata (Vieill.), Bonap. Cumpt. Bend, xliii. p. 596 (1856). 



Actodromas maculata, Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1861, p. 197. 



Limnocinclus pectoralis [Say), Gould, Handb. Birds of Australia, ii. p. 254 (1865) 



Diagnosis. 



Variations. 



Synon3 - my. 



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