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Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 
Ibis 1892, 500; (30) Barnes, Ibis 1893, 171; (31) Tacz., Baun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 
1893, n, 856; (32) Bns. & Worces., B. Menage Exped. 1894, 31; (33) Yerbury, 
Ibis 1896, 35; (34) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 474. 
e. Limosa cinerea (1) Gray, Gen. B. Ill, 570 (1847); (2) Heugl, Vog. N. O. Afr. 1871, 
n, 1157. 
/’. Tetanus cinereus (1) Schl, Mus. P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 77; (2) Biittik., Zool. Erg. 
Weber’s Beise 1893, III, 283. 
g. Tetanus terekius (1) Seeb., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 369; (2) id., B. Japan 1890, 326. 
h. Tringa (Terekia) cinerea (1) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 20. 
i. Tetanus calidris err. (1) M. & Wg., (nec L.), Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Xr. 8, p. 18. 
Fer further synenymy and references cf. Heuglin e 2; Salvadori 74 (excL Terekia guttifera)\ 
Legge 75; Taezanowski 57; Sharpe 34. 
Figures and descriptiens. Gould d 1, IT, Sharpe & Dresser IV\ Hartlaub 7; David & 
Oust. 8; Legge 75; Salvadori 74; Oates 75; Vorderman 75*''«; Seehohm ^ 7 
(diagn.); Taezanowski 57; Sharpe 54. 
Winter plumage. Above drab, the feathers with blackish shaft-streaks, some of the scapu- 
lars hlackish, outer tail-feathers whitish grey with a darker suhmarginal border; 
remiges, lesser and metacarpal wing-coverts darker brown than the back, shaft 
of first quill white, the second whitish, the rest brown; secondaries broadly (about 
1 cm) tipped with wliite, greater wing-coverts narrowly tipped with white; forehead 
and face wlute, marked on lores and cheeks with dark streaks; entire under-parts 
white, a few dark streaks on jugidum; edge of wing below brown, with white tips 
and edgings; hill strongly recirrved (IVIinahassa: v. Paher — C 3540). 
A second specimen from Celebes which from its smaller hill seems to be young 
is Hke that described, but more thickly striated with brown on the fore-neck and sides 
of breast; “bill black, at base yellowish; feet yellowish; iris dark” 1(5') Xema, 14. Sept. 
1892: P.&E. Sarasin). 
Sexes. Not known to differ in coloration. 
Breeding plumage. The black shaft-streaks of the upper surface are broader, occupying more 
of the feather. 
Young. The young bird scarcely able to fly is very like the adult, but the inner wlng-coverts, 
scapulars, and tertiaries are tipped with dull dark cinnamon, and the hreast is cloud- 
ed with grey-brown with dark shaft-streaks (Nr. 11442). 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Mid. toe 
with claw 
Exposed 
Culmeii 
[straight) 
a. (C 3540) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Eaber). . . 
h. (Sarasin Coll.) cJ* (jwv.?), Kema, 14. IX. 92 
132 
129 
49 
52 
30 
28 
25 
23 
52 
46 
Eggs. 4 in number (31); pear-shaped; Sandpiper-like, not resembling Limosor-eggs; ground- 
colour dull buff, the markings light purphsh grey and dark purplish hrown; size 35.6 
—39.4 X 25.4—27.4 (Sh. & Dr. IV, Legge 75). 
Nest. In North Russia: “A slight depression in the ground, about four inches in diameter, 
on small hits of rotten wood, pieces of reed, and but seldom leaves, behmd a small 
knot of drift wood, a root, or a shghtly elevated piece of ground” [Hoffmannsegg 
and Henke in Sharpe & Dresser TV). 
Distribution. Europe, principally East (Sh. & Dresser JF); South Africa (Ayres IV, 13); 
Madagascar and Mauritius (Hartlaub 7); Asia, through the East Indies, to 
Australia: — Siberia (Pallas, Middendorff, etc. 57); Bering Id. (Stejneger 77, 20); 
Sakhalien (Nikolski 31), Japan (Pryer & Ouston g 2); China (Swinhoe, David, 
