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NrMEXIIX.E. 

 The Curlews Imvc long curved bills and are warj- birds. They are good eating, 

 especially the ' wlunibrel.' 



XrMKN'irs ARQUATA, L. Arakau. Pegu. 



The ' curlew.' 



N. LixEATUs, Cuv. Common along the coast. Andamans. 



N. pn^oprs, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tcnasscrim. Andamaus. Nicobars. 



The ' whimbrcL' 



N. tenuirostris is stated by Jcrdon also to occur in Burma. 



LIMOSINiE. 

 LiMOSA .SGOCEPHALA, L. Apakau. llaulniain. 



A rare straggler. 



Teeekta crsEEEA, Giild. Arakan. Pegu. Tcnasserira. Andamans. 



The Avocet sandpiper, so called from its recurved bill. 



TEIJS'GINJE. 



Trdtga damacensis, Horsf. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



T. MiNTJTA, Leisler. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



T. damacensis, apud Blyth. Andamans. Nicobars. 



These two species wo\ild socm to have been confounded together. Hume says, 

 "The two main points of distinction are these. In miituta the shafts of tlie primaries 

 are mostly white, in damacensis, as in Temminckii, with the exception of that of the 

 first primary, the rest of the shafts are lirown. The second distinction consists in the 

 much greater length of the middle toe." This remark holds good even with the 

 larger race of minuta var. altescens, though on the whole damace>isis Mr. Hume regards 

 as somewhat the smaller bird (S.F. i. p. 884). 



T. Temhtxckii, Leisler. Arakan. Peg\i. Tenasserim. 



T. RuricoLLis, Pallas. • Tenasserim. 



T. siibminuta, Midd. 



T. suB.uiQUATA, Giild. Apakun. Tenasserim. Andamans. Nicobars. 



T. PLATYRHYxcnA, Tem. Arakan. Andamans (rare). 



EuErNORHTxcnus PTGM.Ers, L. Arakan and Tenasserim, in 



£. griseus, apud Jerdon. estuaries and mud banks left 



by the tide. 



MACH.a:TES pugnax, L. Arakan. Pegu. 



TOTANINiE. 



AcTiTis GiAREOLA, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. 



A. ocHKOPrs, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



A. nrpoLErcus, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



Andamans. Nicobars. 



A few of these must remain in the country, as Gates has shot one on August Htli. 



ToTANus GLOTTIS, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



This ' greenshank ' is excellent eating. It arrives in September and leaves iu 

 April. 



T. STAGNATiLis, Bechs. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



T. Hauoutoni, AiTustrong. Amherst. 



T. CAXKscExs, Gmel. Pegu {fide Gates). Nicobars. 



A rare straggler. 



The next two species have red legs. 



T. CALiDRis, L. - Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. 



T. Fuscus, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



