Ncf^orf of a Mission to (iuaiii. 35 



30. Nuttienius cyanopus \ieill. Australian Curlew. 



General color brown, much streaked and blotched; coloring of 

 the rump uniform with the back. Length 21-24, bill 6.8-7.2, wing 

 II. 9-12. 5, tail 4-4.6, tarsus 3.2-3.5. Hab. Breeds in Siberia; 

 winters in Australia, Borneo, Tasmania, and Malay peninsula. 



Gknus HETBRACTITIS vStkjxegkk. 



31. Heteractitis brevipes \'ieill. Asiatic Wandering 



Tattler. 



Hetciactitis birviprs, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Xat., iSi6, VI.. p. 410. 



Tofauiii polyiii'sia'. Peale, Zool. U. S. Kxp. F.xped., 1S3S, B. p. 237. 



To/iD/iis iiuaiiiis />ir7'i/>rs, Seeb. Geog. Uist. of Charad., p. 361. 



Tolaiiiis iiirai/iis. Wilson, Aves Hawaiienses, p. i.si : Hartert, Nov. Zool.. V., p. 65; Oust.. II., 



p. 41. 

 IMeiactitis bicviprs. Grant, Cat. B. 15rit. Mus,, XXIV., p. 449. 



Specimens of the Wandering Tattler were shot during the 

 months of June and July. They were ver}- scarce and wild, and 

 consequently hard to take. Their notes and habits seemed identi- 

 cal with the American form. The upper coloring of the male is a 

 uniform ashy gray ; the rump and tail coverts a shade lighter gray, 

 the latter with indications of cross markings near the tips ; pri- 

 mary quills dusk}', secondaries gray ; tail feathers uniform gray;, 

 crown brown, with whitish superciliary stripe which extends to; 

 and around the ba.se of the upper mandible ; lores dusky ; cheeks 

 grayish ; throat white. In specimen No. 9524 the sides, under 

 neck and breast are grayish, without cross markings of any kind ; 

 the belty, under tail coverts, and flanks are pure white ; sides 

 grayish. In No. 9525 the under neck, breast, sides, flanks and 

 lower belly is profusely spotted and barred with dusky gray. 

 Length 10-10.50, wing 6-6.20, tail 2.73-2.75, tarsus 1.16-1.17, 

 culmen i. 43-1. 45, mid-toe and claw 1.16. Hab. From eastern^ 

 vSiberia and Kamchatka, through Japan and China to Malayan, 

 archipelago, Papuan Islands, Marianas and Australia. 



Family CHARADRIID^.— Plovers. 



a'. Wings less than 8, plumage without metallic tint, head 

 without crest. Genus Charadrius. 



b'. Axillars black. Charadrius sqiiataro/a . 



b". Axillars smoky gray, or ash gra 3'. Charadrius fiilvus. 



b\ Axillars white, length 7. Charadrius iinniooliciis. 



Ghxus charadrius Linn 



32. Charadrius squatarola (Linn. ). Black-bellied Plover. 



General color black, upper parts irregularly spotted witli dusky 

 and whitish, except on the forehead and a line which is pure white 

 to the sides of the breast ; in winter the lower parts are white. 



