LÖNNBERG, A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM TIANSHAN. 13 



agree whith those recorded by Oberholser ^ for the subspe- 

 cies mentioned above. There appears also to be some dif- 

 ferences in colour, too. So for instance these specimens are 

 almost unspotted in the middle of the under parts and less 

 densely on the breast. In Cat. Birds B. M.^ Dr. R. Bowlder 

 Sharpe writes »The Eastern Redshanks from Central Asia 

 and India are much more richly coloured in the breeding 

 season than European individuals». This is true about these 

 specimens, especially are the blackish bars of the scapulars 

 much more clearly defined and the dark bars of the greater 

 wing-coverts are also sharper and contrast more against the 

 light edges of these feathers etc. On the whole these spe- 

 cimens have a much more variegated appearance than swe- 

 dish specimens, but Dr. Sharpe speaks of the eastern speci- 

 mens as being more »rufous» than european. I do not see 

 in these any exactly rufous shades. 



39. Glottis litorea (L.) 

 9 ^/s 1902. 



Wing 185; tail 80, culmen 57, tarsus 62 mm. Adult in 

 winterplumage . 



40. Helodromas ochropus (L.) 



cT ^/8, a specimen of unknown sex ^^/s Baimgol. 



Wing 141—139, tail 60, culmen 35—36, tarsus 35—37, 

 middle toe and claw 32 mm. 



These specimens differ from the typical H. ochropus 

 from Sweden in several respects. The tail of the Tianshan 

 specimens is longer. The under wing-coverts especially of the 

 male are very dark almost black and to less extent, rather 

 scantih^ barred with white. The tailfeathers are rather dark 

 so that the middle ones have 4 or 5 dark bars which in 

 the outer half are hardly separated by white but only by 

 buffish white notches in the margin. Only the upper tail- 

 coverts are white and most of them are narrowly fringed 

 with blackish at their extremity. Some of the longer lower 

 rumpfeathers are tipped with white, but even those are 

 fringed terminally blackish. 



^ Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum. Vol. .XXII. 1900. P. 207— 208. 

 2 Vol. XXIV, p. 419. 



