. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CHAEADEIJD^ TKINGA 409 Examples shot early in the season in South Africa (Upington August 31, and Inhambane September 5), are intermediate in character, retaining traces of the chestnut and black mottling on the back and of the chestnut below, while a specimen in full breeding dress was brought alive to Mr. Layard on April 26, and is still preserved in the South African Museum. Distribution.—It is only quite recently that the breeding- grounds of the Curlew Sandpiper have been discovered and the eggs obtained. On July 3, 1897, Mr. Hugh L. Popham found a nest
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CHAEADEIJD^ TKINGA 409 Examples shot early in the season in South Africa (Upington August 31, and Inhambane September 5), are intermediate in character, retaining traces of the chestnut and black mottling on the back and of the chestnut below, while a specimen in full breeding dress was brought alive to Mr. Layard on April 26, and is still preserved in the South African Museum. Distribution.—It is only quite recently that the breeding- grounds of the Curlew Sandpiper have been discovered and the eggs obtained. On July 3, 1897, Mr. Hugh L. Popham found a nest with four eggs on a little island at the mouth of the Yenesei Eiver in Siberia (see Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 890, pi. 51, figs. 1-4). On migration this bird is found throughout the greater part of Europe and Asia, while it winters in the Mediterranean basin, Africa and South Asia as far as Australia. It has acci- dentally occurred in Alaska, Eastern and North America and the West Fig. 130.—Head of Tringa subarquata. x \i In South Africa the Curlew Sandpiper is abundant during the northern winter months from October to March, though sometimes arriving in August; it is met with chiefly along the sea-coast, but also inland in suitable localities. The following are recorded occurrences: Cape Colony—Cape division, September, November, April (S. A. Mus.), Saldana Bay, September (S. A. Mus.), Port Elizabeth (Brown), Port St. John's, September (S. A. Mus.), Orange Eiver, August 31 (Bradshaw) ; Natal — near Durban, December (Reid), January (S. A. Mus.); Orange Eiver Colony—Vredefort Eoad (B. Hamilton) ; Transvaal —Potchefstroom, November (Ayres) ; German South-west Africa —Walvisoh Bay, October, November, April (Andersson), Eeheboth, October (Fleck); Portuguese East Africa—Inhambane, September (Francis).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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