TEREKIA.
Bill strongly recurved and longer than tarsus; outer and inner toes are united by membrane at their bases to middle toe.
Terekia cinerea (GlildenSVidI). TEREK SANDPIPER.
d 9 adult, summer. Above grey brown with dark streaks and blotches ; secondaries mostly white ; no white on rump ; beneath white with dark streaks on throat, foreneck, and chest ; axillaries white. In winter, dark streaks both above and below are very faint. Bill brownish black, yellowish at base. Legs and feet
yellow. Wing 128-136. Tarsus 29-3o. Dill 41-50.
Preeds.—Islands Gulf of Bothnia, Finland, N. Russia down to Orenburg and Samara ; also across Siberia. Occurs E. Europe on passage ; winters Africa and from S. Asia to Australia. Of rare occurrence in W. Europe, seven times obtained in England.