Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 
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It is resident in China according to David and Styan, in Formosa according 
to Swinhoe, and Hume records its breeding in N. AV. India. There is no 
evidence as yet that it ever breeds in Celebes. 
The genus Actitis may be described as intermediate between Totanus and 
Tringa. It has the bill much as in the latter genus, the foot as in the former. 
The maxillary groove, in which the nostril is situated, is continued almost to 
the tip of the bill, or fully seven-eights of its length, while in Totanus the 
maxilla is round and solid at the sides for almost the terminal half of its length 
before the groove commences. A small web is found at the base of the middle 
and outer toes of Actitis, whereas in Tringa the toes are free. The white bar 
across the remiges of Actitis, very conspicuous when the bird is in flight, easily 
distinguishes it from both these allied genera. Some anatomical differences, 
such as a modification in the sternum, are further pointed out by Nitzsch. 
GENUS TEREKIA Bp. 
Differs from Totanus in having the tarsus much shorter than the bill, in 
having the maxillary groove traceable almost to the end of the bill, and by the 
absence of white on the tail and rump; from Actitis it differs chiefly by its 
long recurved bill, and there is a small basal web connecting the inner, as 
well as the outer toe, with the middle one. Migratory; the single species is 
found from E. Europe and Asia south to Australia and S. Africa. 
330. TEREKIA OINEREA (Giild.). 
Terek Sandpiper. 
a. Scolopax cinerea (I) Giildenst., N. Comm. Petrov. XIX, 473, pi. XXI (1774). 
b. Totanus javanicus (1) Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, X I H , 193. 
c. Scolopax sumatrana (1) E,fl., Tr. L. S. 1822, XIH , 327. 
d. Limosa terek Temm. (I) Gld., B. Europe lA^, pi 307 (1837). 
Terekia cinerea (1) Less., Compl. de Buff. Ois. 1838, 679; (II) Gld., B. Austr. 1848, A^I, 
pi. 34; (3) id., Hb. B. Austr. 1865, H, 261 ; (IV) Sh. & Dress., B. Europe 1 871, AHH, 
195, pi. 572; (5) Salvad., Oat. Dec. Borneo 1874, 330; (6) Hume, Str. F. 1874, 
n, 296; (7) HartI, Vog. Madag. 1877, 325; (8) David & Oust., Ois. Cliine 1877, 
460; (9) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 460; (10) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 
711; (11) Hume, Str. F. 1879, AHH, 70; (12) Milne-Ed. & Grandid., Ois. Madag. 
1879, I, 629; (13) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 836; (U) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HE, 
326; (15) Oates, B. Brit. Burma! 1883, H, 407; (16) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 
55; (16^‘^) Vorderm., X T. Ned. Ind. 1884, XLIH, 116; (17) Stejn., Bull U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1885, Nr. 29, p. 132; (18) Sharpe, Ibis 1886, 492; (19) A\^.Blas., Z.ges.Om. 
1886, 166; (19<>i^) Meves, Ornis 1886, 255; (20) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 
133; (21) Sharpe, Ibis 1888, 203; f22j Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 209; 
f23j Bad. &A^^alt., Ornis 1889, 119; (24) A^^hitehd., Ibis 1890, 59; (25) Steere, 
List Coll B. & M. Philipp. 1890, 26; (26) Sharpe, Ibis 1891, 114; (27) Styan, 
t. c. 331, 507; (28) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 203; (29) De La Touche, 
