EASTEEN COMMON SANDPIPER. 
Gould described a bird from Port Essington as Actitis ernpusa, of which 
he wrote : “ Closely allied to A. hypoleucos but smaller.” If the birds be 
considered separable, then Latham’s name must be used in preference 
to Gould’s, as the bird figured in the Watling Drawings was obtained at 
Sydney, New South Wales. 
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