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 Tringa leucophæa Pallas, in Vroeg’s Catal. (1764), 32.

 Trynga alba Pallas, Vroeg’s Catal. Adumbr. (1764), 7; Sherborn, Smiths. Misc. Colls. (1905), 47, 341.

 Tringa arenaria Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 251.

 Calidris arenaria Oates, Bds. Brit. Burmah (1885), 2, 398; Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1902), 2, 52; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 526; Hand-List (1899), 1, 163.

 Calidris alba Richmond, Smiths. Misc. Colls. (1905), 47, 347.

 Calidris abba McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 27 (error).

 Calidris leucophæa A. O. U. Committee, Auk (1908), 25, 367.

Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor). Arctic regions; in winter to Africa, South America, Marshall Islands, Indian Peninsula to Australia.

“Winter plumage.—Forehead, face, and the whole lower plumage pure white; crown, nape, hind neck, back, and scapulars pale ashy, the crown with well-defined black shaft-streaks, the other parts with narrower and less distinct shaft-streaks; wing-coverts blackish, the median and greater coverts broadly edged with white; primaries dark brown, blacker on the tips and outer webs, the shafts white, a portion of the outer webs of the later ones white; secondaries black, whitish at base and tipped with white; tertiaries rather broadly edged with white; tail pale brown on the outer webs, more or less white on the inner. ‘Iris dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and claws black.’ (Armstrong.) Length, 190; tail, 51; wing, 122; tarsus, 25; bill from gape, 28.” (Oates.)

“Male in summer plumage.—Differs from the winter plumage in being mottled and not uniform, the upper surface being cinnamon-rufous, mottled with black centers to the feathers, which have hoary whitish or ashy edges; the inner secondaries cinnamon-rufous like the scapulars and back; sides of lower back and lateral upper tail-coverts pure white; sides of face, throat, and sides of breast deep cinnamon-rufous, mottled with black centers to the feathers; rest of under surface white. Length, 165; culmen, 23; wing, 124; tail, 48; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 19.

“Female in summer plumage.—Similar to the male but has not quite so much bright rufous in the plumage, the fore neck being barred with blackish. Length, 203; culmen, 27; wing, 124; tail, 49; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 20.

“Young.—Somewhat similar to the winter plumage of the adult but not so uniform above; entire under surface pure white, as also the forehead and sides of face; center of forehead mottled with blackish to base of bill; a dusky streak between bill and eye, as well as along upper edge of ear-coverts; on sides of breast and on fore neck a tinge of vinous-buff or vinous; sides of upper breast and of neck distinctly spotted with black; upper surface black, mottled with spots of white or sandy whitish, these spots being mostly terminal on back and scapulars; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ashy with a sandy buff tip and a subterminal spot of black, and fringed at the tips with a narrow blackish line, giving the rump the appearance of being lined transversely with black; feathers of head blackish, varied with brown or whitish edges, and forming a more or less distinct cap, which is separated from mantle by the light color of hind neck; mantle ashy streaked with dusky brown; wings much as in the winter plumage of the adult but the greater and median coverts, and inner secondaries mottled like the back.” (Sharpe.)

A male taken near Manila in March measures: Wing, 118; tail, 52; exposed culmen, 24; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 19.