t.ai3i8. BIRDS OF NORTHWEST SUMATRA— RICHMOND. 487 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 



GALLINAGO STENURA (Bonaparte). 



Scolopax stenura "Kuhl" Bonaparte, Aim. Stor. Nat. Bologna, IV, 1830, p. :535 

 (Sunda Islands). 



Olio pair from Simalur. Length, 267 mm. 



'■Common in the paddy liclds and in the wot padangs (meadows)." 



TOTANUS TOTANUS EURHINUS Oberholser. 



Totdnaa totanuf: cin-hinax Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu.s., XXII, 1900, jt. 207 

 (Lake Tsoninriri, Ladak). 



"A few seen along the Sigoeli River,''' in Simalur. 

 ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS (Linnaeus). 

 [rW/iz/rt] lii/poleucos LiNN.EiT.s, 8yst. Nat., 10th ed., Pt. 1, 175S, j). 149 (Europe). 

 "Common'" in Simalur. 



LEIMONITES RUFICOLLIS (Pallas). 



Tnjtujii rujlaillis Pallas, Reise Russischeu Reiehs, III, 1770, p. 700 ("circa I^acus 

 sals( ),s Dauuriae eampestris " ) . 



A single female, from Simalur. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATUS (Linnaeus). 

 [Scolopax'] (irquata LinnyKUS, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I't. 1, 175S, p. 145 (Europe). 

 A female from Pulo Tuangku. Length. 559 mm. 



NUMENIUS PHiEOPUS ( Linnaeus ). 



[ScoIojxLr] pJnviipiis Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Pt. 1, 1758, ]). 140 (Europe). 



One female, from Simalur, where it was '"coumion." Length, 

 445 mm. 



ARENARIA INTERPRES (Linnaeus). 



[Triiu/ic] inlcrpjrs Linn.eijs, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., I't. I, 1758, p. 148 ("EuropaA 

 America septentrionali " ). 



A female was collected December 20, on Simalur. Length, 235 mm. 

 Family CEDICNEMID.E. 



ESACUS MAGNIROSTRIS (Vieillot). 



(Edicnemus magnirostris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXIII, 1818, p. 231 

 ( Nouvelle-Hollande ) . 



An adult male, from Pulo Babi, where "a pair frequented a sand 

 beach at the east point of the island." It was noted on Tuangku, and 

 at Simalur ''three were seen on the seashore at Sigoeli." LtMigth. 

 558 nnn.; weight, 1.134 kg. "Iris yellow." 



