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Birds of Celebes: Charadriidae. 
as the tarsus, when not less; tail somewhat short, square to pointed, 12 rectrices. 
No white on the tail or rump. Migi’atory; almost cosmopolitan. 
331. TRINGA ACUMINATA (Horsf.). 
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 
a. Tetanus acuminatus (1) Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, XHI, 192. 
h. Tringa australis {1} Jard. & Selby, HI. Orn. H, pi. 91 (1829); (2) Hartert, Kat. 
Vog. Slg. Senckenb. Mus. 1891, 221. 
c. Schoeniclus australis (I) Grould, B. Austr. 1848, VI, pi. 30. 
Tringa acuminata (1) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 316; (2) id.. Ibis 1863, 412; (3) Scbl., Mus. 
P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 38; (4) Meyer, J. f. O. 1873, 405; (5) Finsch, ib. 1874, 
172, 197; (6) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 470; (7) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 143; 
(8) Rosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; (9) Bidd., Ibis 1882, 266, 287; (10) id., 
Str. F. 1882, X, 276; (11) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 313; (12) W. Bias., J. f. O. 
1883, 118, 150; (13) Meyer, ib. 150; (14) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 664; (15) Seeb., 
Distr. Charadr. 1887, 441; (XVI) Xelson, Rep. K H. Coll. Alaska 1887, 106, 
pi. VII; (17) Buller, B. New Zeal. 2“^ ed. 1888, H, 37; (18) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 
20; (19) Taez., P. Z. S. 1888, 457; (20) Sclat., Hus 1889, 249; (21) Seeb., B. 
Japan 1890, 339; (22) Styan, Ibis 1891, 330, 506; (23) Salvad., Om. Pap. Agg. 
1891, 201; (24) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 499; (25) Sclat., P. Z. S. 1892, 581; 
(26) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1892, 64; (27) Ribbe, Jb. Ver. Brdk. Dresden 1892, 
172; (XXVIII) Seeb., Ibis 1893, 120, 181, pi. V; (29) Sclat., ib. 183; (30) Taez., 
Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 1893, IT, 906; (XXXI) Dresser, B. Europe, Suppl. 1896, 
pi. 712. 
d. Limnocinclus acuminatus (1) Gould, Hb. B. Austr. 1865, II, 254; (2) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 
1877, 834. 
e. Pelidna acuminata (1) Salvad., Oat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 320. 
f. Actodromas acuminatus (1) Ridgw., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, III, 199, 222; (P‘^) Nelson, 
Cruise “Corwin” 1881, 86; (2) Baird, Brew. & Ridgw., Water B. N. Am. 1884, I, 
225, 235; (3) Stcjn., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. Nr. 29, 1885, p. 115; (4) id., Pr. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1887, X, 130. 
g. Heteropygia acuminata (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 566, 767. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 11, 23', Sclater 29', Taezanowski .3d; 
Sharpe g 1. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould cl, d 1] Nelson XFJ; Seebohm XXVIII, 15 (tail); 
Jardine & Selby hi', Dresser XXXI', David & Oustalet d; Salvadori 77; 
Baird, Brewer and Ridgway f 2', Buller 77; Taezano^vski .30; Sharpe g 1- 
Adult. Above broccoli-brown, the centres of the feathers black; head above yellower brown 
(inc lini ng to tawny-olive) with black centres; wings dai'ker brown, the coverts with 
whitish edgings, broadest at the tips of the greater series; shafts of remiges white for 
the terminal half (except at tip), brownish in basal half, below all white; rump and 
upper tail-coverts mesi.ally deep brown, with reddish brown tips, at the sides 
wliite; tail-feathers narrowed towards tip, deep brown, edged and tipped with 
cinnamon, the lateral ones greyer hrown, with white edgings; superciliary stripe 
and sides of head whitish, with a buff tint on jugulum and sides of neck, more 
drab on upper breast, the whole with fine striations and spots of dark brown; 
chin and upper throat white, unspotted; remaining under-parts white, sparingly 
