. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. LIMlCOLiE. 335 The Pacific race of tlie Dunlin passes in some numbers along the Japanese coasts in spring and autumn on migration. I have six examples procured by Mr. Snow on the Kuriles (Blakiston and Fryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. Ill), where it probably breeds. Dr. Henderson obtained it in Yezzo in October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 196), and there are several examples in the Swinhoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 455). There are eleven examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama, wher
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. LIMlCOLiE. 335 The Pacific race of tlie Dunlin passes in some numbers along the Japanese coasts in spring and autumn on migration. I have six examples procured by Mr. Snow on the Kuriles (Blakiston and Fryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. Ill), where it probably breeds. Dr. Henderson obtained it in Yezzo in October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 196), and there are several examples in the Swinhoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 455). There are eleven examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama, where a few probably remain during winter. j\lr. Ringer has procured it at Nagasaki, where it was also obtained by the Siebold Expedition (Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 108). The Dunlin is a circumpolar species, and visits the British Islands in great numbers, but European examples are, on an average, slightly smaller than those from Asia and America. 338. TRINGA MARITIMA. (PUHPLE SANDPIPER.) Tringa maritima, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. G78 (1788). The Purple Sandpiper has a nearly black rump and upper tail- coverts j but the seventh, eighth, and ninth secondaries are nearly all â Trinya maritima. Figures Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 554. The Purple Sandpiper is a rare winter visitor to the Kurile Islands,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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