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Similarly with the Whimbrels, Numeniusphceopas&nil. N. ph&opus variegatus. 

 Tho Common Whimbrel is not a Curlew, because its crown is plain brown 

 with a pale mesial streak In its eastern form the Oriental Whimbrel is the 

 only Whimbrel in which the lower back is much paler than the mantle. 



The following is a list of the species mentioned as having occurred in India 

 Proper : — 



JEdicnemu's crepitans European Stone Curlew. 



,, recurvirostris Great Indian Stone Curlew. 



Charadius fulvus Asiatic Golden Plover. 



„ helveticus Grey Plover. 



„ minor Little Ringed Plover. 



,, Jerdoni Jerdon's Ringed Plover. 



,, placidus . ..Hodgson's Ringed Plover. 



,, Geoffroyi Greater Sand Plover. 



,, mongolicus Mongolian Sand Plover. 



„ cantianus Kentish Plover. 



Lobivanellus cinerius Grey-headed Wattled Lapwing. 



„ indicus Bronze-Winged Wattled Lapwing. 



,, indicus atrionucharlis ...Blyth's Wattled Lapwing. 



,, malabaricus Button's Wattled Lapwing. 



Vonellus cristatus Common Lapwing 



,, leucurus White-tailed Lapwing. 



,, ventralis Indian Spur-wingled Lapwing. 



Cursorius gallicus Cream-colored Courser. 



„ cafomandalicus Indian Courser. 



,, bitorquatus ... . Jerdon's Courser. 



Glareola pratincola Common Pratincole. 



,, oricntalis Oriental Practincole. 



., laclea Little Indian Pratincole. 



Hhnantopus melanopterus Common Stint. 



,, avocetta Common Avocet. 



tJo&matopn9 ostralequs .., ..European Oyster Catcher. 



Ibidorliynchus strutesi Ibis-billed Oyster Catcher. 



Numenius arquatus lineatus Oriental Curlew. 



„ plueopus variegatus Orental Whimbrel. 



Amongst the Stints, there is Tringa subminuta (Micldendorff' s Stint); its 

 •specific characters are iving from carpal joint less than four inches ; legs and 

 toes pale brown ; outer tail feathers grey. 



Also Tringa pygmeea (the Spoon-billed sandpiper) which is recognized at 

 once by its spatulate bill. The Snipes conclude the volume. 



Scolopax solitaria (the Himalayan Solitary Snipe) is our Indian form. It 

 lias more than 16 tail feathers, whereas Scolapax major (the Great Snipe) han 

 less than Id tail feathers, also the predominant colour of the four outer tail 

 feathers, on each side is pure white, and the median coverts are broadly tipped 

 with pure white ; the latter does not approach nearer India than North Persia, 

 which it passes through iu migration. 



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