(SANDERLING.)
Calidris arenaria, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 145; Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 404 (Tombo Point); Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. Water-B. N. A. i. p. 249; Saunders, Yarrell’s Birds, iii. p. 420. Tringa arenaria, Seebohm, Plovers, p. 431.
Description.—No hind toe. Above in summer light rufous, in winter light greyish, spotted and striped with blackish and edged with whitish: beneath white; bill and feet black: whole length 7·5 inches, wing 5·5, tail 2·2. Female similar.
Hab. Arctic regions of both hemispheres, descending far south in winter.
The Sanderling is one of the most widely spread of all the Arctic Grallæ during its winter migration. Durnford obtained examples at Tombo Point, Central Patagonia, on the 30th December, 1877, so that it must necessarily pass through the Argentine Republic. It is only known to breed in the high Northern Polar lands.
[403.] TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gm.).
(GREATER YELLOWSHANK.)
Totanus melanoleucus, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 503; Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. Water-B. N. A. i. p. 269; Seebohm, Plovers, p. 363; Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 315 (Entrerios). Gambetta melanoleuca, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 145; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 144 (Buenos Ayres); Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 199 (Buenos Ayres); Withington, Ibis, 1888, p. 472 (Lomas de Zamora). Totanus chilensis, Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1857, pt. i. p. 264 (Chili).
Description.—Above brownish grey spotted with white; rump nearly white: beneath white; throat and neck with black streaks; bill black; feet yellow: whole length 14·0 inches, wing 7·5, tail 3·4. Female similar.
Hab. North and South America.