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1441. Squatarola helvetica. — The Grey Plover. 



1442. jEgialitis geoffroyi. — The Large Sand-Plover. 



1443. JEgialitis Mongolia. — The Lesser Sand-Plover. 



1446. jEgialitis aleocandrina. — The Kentish Plover. 



1447. Mgialitis dubia. — The Little Ringed Plover. — Hundreds of 

 these birds congregate on the mud flats at the mouth of the river Cooum, 

 and on the island. 



1450. ITcematopus ostralegus. — The Seapie. 



1451. Himantopus candidus. — The Black- winged Stilt. 



1452. Recurvirostra avocetta. — The Avocet. 



1454. Numenius arquata. — The Curlew. — -This bird occurs in con- 

 siderable numbers in all places where there is shallow salt water. 



1455. Numenius phceopus. — The Whimbrel. 



1456. Limosa belgica. — The Black-tailed Godwit. 



1458. Macrorhamphus semipalmatus. — The Snipe-billed Godwit. — 

 1 have never seen this bird in Madras, but Jerdon records it. 



1459. Terekia cinerea. — The Avocet Sandpiper. 



1460. Totanus hypoleucus. — The Common Sandpiper. — This bird is 

 very abundant about Madras and is, I believe, a permanent resident. 



1461. Totanus glareola. — The Wood Sandpiper. 

 1463. Totanus stagnatilis. — The Little Greenshank. 



1465. Totanus fuscus. — The Spotted Redshank. 



1466. Totanus glottis. — The Greenshank. 



1468. Pavoncella pugnax. — The Ruff and Reeve. 



1471. Tringa minuta. — The Little Stint. 



1474. Tringa temmincM. — Temminck's Stint. 



1476. Tringa crassirostris. — The Eastern Knot. 



1477. Tringa subarquata. — The Curlew Stint 



1480. Phalaropus hyperboreus. — The Red-necked Phalarope. 



1 484. Gallinago coelestis. — The Full Snipe. — This bird, together with 

 the Pintail and Jack Snipe, visits Madras in very large numbers. Very 

 excellent snipe shooting is obtainable all round Madras, both in paddy 

 fields and tanks, during the whole of the cold weather. 50 couple is not 

 an uncommon bag for one gun as the result of 6 or 7 hours shooting. 



1485. Gallinago stenura. — The Pintail Snipe. 



1487. Gallinago gallinula. — The Jack Snipe. 



1488. Rostratula capensis. — The Painted Snipe. 



1489. Larus ichthyaetus. — The Great Black-headed Gull. 



