BEOAD-BILLED SANDPIPEE. 



LIMICOLA PLATYRHYNCHA {Temm.). 



Triuga platyrincha (misprint), Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 398 

 (1815). 



Limicola pygmsea, Naum. viii. p. 271, xiii. p. 245. 

 Tringa platyrhyncha, Macg. iv. p. 224 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 359. 

 Limicola platyrhyncha, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 362 ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 3. 



Becasseau platyrhynque, French ; Plattschndbliger Wasser- 

 treter, German. 



As this is a bird that I never saw alive, I will only 

 state that it is of rare occurrence in our country, that it 

 breeds in Scandinavia, and migrates in autumn to the 

 shores of the Mediterranean. For further details I refer 

 my readers to our standard ornithological authorities, 

 merely adding that I have a specimen of this species in 

 my collection that was shot by Mr. W. Burton near 

 Rye on August 13th, 1887. 



