Surf-bird (Aphriza virgata), a plover-like bird found on the Pacific coasts of North and South America, akin to sandpipers and turnstones, and sometimes called Boreal Sandpiper.—The Surf-duck or Scoter is treated at SCOTER.
Surf-bird
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 816
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