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differences in skins in breeding plumage. In winter plumage eastern 

 skins appear to be just a trifle paler than western ones. 



* Tringa glareola (Gmelin). 

 11 specimens, Mengtsze, Aug., Sept., Nov., 1910. 



Tringa ochropus assami Mathews. 

 1 9, Mengtsze, 5 Sept., 1910. 



* Xenus cinereus (Giildenstein). 

 1 cT, Mengtsze, 19 Sept., 1910. 



* PisoBiA damacensis (Horsfield). 

 1 cf, Mengtsze, 25 April, 1911. 



* LiMOSA LIMOSA MELANUROIDES Gould. 



1 cf , Mengtsze, 1 Sept., 1910. 



We quite agree with Mathews that the eastern Black-tailed godwit 

 is a well-marked race, at once differing from the western form by its 

 much inferior size. 



Gallinago gallinago gallinago (Linne), 



1 adult 9, Mengtsze, 27 Oct., 1910. This specimen is perfectly 

 typical of the western race of the snipe. 



* Gallinago gallinago uniclavus Hodgson. 



4 specimens, both sexes, Mengtsze, Oct., Dec, 1910, all typical of 

 the eastern form (that breeds in northeastern Siberia). 



* Gallinago strenua (Rulil). 

 6 specimens, Mengtsze, Sept., Dec. 



