43. limosa. 379 



p. 56 (Siao) ; Fmach, Vog. der Siidaee, pp. 5, 22 (1884 : New- 

 Britain) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 636 (1884) ; Mathew, 

 Proe. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. p. 255 (1 680 : Clareniont Isl.) ; Ram- 

 say, Tab. List Austr. B. p. ^0 (18s8 : Australia generally, except 

 tliH North-west) ; Everett, Journ. Straits Branch As. Soc. 1889, 

 p. 209 (Sarawak; Labium); North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8.W. (2) 

 lii. p. 1778 (1889 : Cumberland Co., N.S.W.) ; Etheridge, Lord 

 Howe Isl. p. 17 (1889) ; Styan,lbis, 1891, p. 331 (Lower Yangtse, 

 migrant), p. 507 (Shanghai) ; De La Louche, Ibis, 1892, p. 500 

 (Swatow, Jan.) ; Rickett, Ibis, 1894, p. 225 (Foockow) ; Meyer Xf 

 Wiglesw.J.f. 0. 1894, p. 252 (Talaut Isl.). 



Liinosa foxii, Peale, U.S. Erpl. Exped. p. 231, pi. 05 (1848: Rose 

 Isl., Samoa Group; ; Hartl. Arch.f. Nat. 1852, p. 120. 



Limosa rata (nee Tenon.), Tenon. Sf Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 114 (1850) : 

 Middend. lieis. Sibir., Zool. p. 217 (1851 : Taimyr R., 74° N. lat.) ; 

 Seebuhni, B. Japan. Emp. p. 329 (1890). 



Limosa lapponica (nee Linn.), Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 

 1858, p. 190 (Hakodadi) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 711 (N. Bokol) ; 

 Blakist. Amended List B. Jap. p. 11 (1884); Steere, List B. Sf 

 Mamm. Philipp. Exped. p. 26 (1890 : Negros). 



Limosa lapponica, var., dray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 364 (E. Gilolo). 



Limosa lapponica seu rufa, Stoma. Ibis, 1801, p. 410 (Amoy). 



Gallinago punctata, Etlman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470 (New Zealand). 



Limosa melanuroides (nee Gould), Tristr. Ibis, 1876, p. 265 (New 

 Hebrides) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 53 (1878 : Hoang- 

 ko Valley, Aug. ; Koko-nor, March ; Lake Hanka, breeding : 

 Possiet Bay, Sept.); Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 432 (Gilbert Isl.). 



Limosa lapponica nova? zealandiae, Ridqw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. 

 p. 200 (1880) ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 45 (1881) ; 

 Nelson, Cruise R. S. 'Certain,' p. 89 (1883 : Aleutian Isl. ; Bering 

 Straits ; St. Michael's) ; Baird, Brewer, 8f Ridyw. Water-Birds 

 N. Amer. i. p. '256 (1884) ; Murdoch, Exped. Pt. Barrow, p. 114 

 (1885). 



Limosa lapponica baueri, Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 122 

 (1885: Bering Isl.); A. O. U Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 154 

 (1886) ; Turner, Contr. Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 149 (1886); Nelson, 

 Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, p. 115 (18=7) ; Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. x. p. 130 (1887 : Commander Isl.) ; Ridyw. Man. N. Amer. 

 B. p. 163 (18S7) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 457 (Seoul, Corea) ; 

 Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. Mus. Senckenb. p. 223 (1891) ; Stejn. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 016 (1893: Tokio) ; Tacz. Mim. 

 Acad. Imp. St. Petersb. (~) xxxix. p. 933 (1893). 



Limosa rufa uropygialis, Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, x. p. 475 

 (1885 : Sidemi) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, p. 348 (Great Liakoft Isl.) ; 

 id. Geoyr. Histr. Charadr. p. 387 (1888); id. B. Japan. Emp. 

 p. 329 (1890). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Similar to L. lapponica, but the 

 rufous colour paler and more cinnamon, and distinguished by the 

 dusky lower back and rump, the feathers of which are blackish with 

 white edgings ; the under wing-coverts more thickly mottled with 

 dusky bases to the leathers, and the axilluries with distinct bars of 

 dusky brown : ' ; bill clear reddish for its basal half, blackish towards 

 the terminal part, the baso of the lower mandible paler ; feet 

 blackish brown ; iris brown " (Taczanowski). Total length 14-5 

 inches, culmen 3*4, wing S-9, tail 2*9, tarsus 2-2. 



