476 CHARADRIID-ffi. 



1880, p. 21 (Aden, winter) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 492 ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. 

 p. 399 (1886); Salvad. Elenco Ucc. Ital. p. 228 (1886); Pleske, 

 Ucbers, Saiiff, u. Yog. Kola Halb. p. 870 (1886) ; Vuvderm. Nat. 

 Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlvi. p. 22 (1886); Blasius, Zeitschr. Ges. 

 Orn. iii. p. 166 (1886 : Celebes) ; Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. x. p. 133 (1887); Gigl. 8c Salvad. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 587 

 (Corea) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 208 (Palawan); E. Newton, Trans. 

 Norf. $ Nona. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 553 (1889 : Mauritius) ; 

 Everett, Journ. Straits Branch As. Soc. 1889, p. 209 (Sarawak : 

 Taguso) ; Vordcrm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlix. p. 416 (1889 : 

 Sumatra) ; Steere, List Mamm. § B. Philipp. Exped. p. 26 (1890 : 

 Negros) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 59 (Palawan, Sept.) ; Gigl. 

 Avif. Ital., 1st Resoc. p. 600 (1889), '2nd Resoc. p. 662 (1890) ; 

 Salvad. Af/ff. Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 203 (1891); Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1891, p. 114 (Fao) ; Saunders, t. c. p. 187 (Switzerland, spring); 

 Sti/an, t. c. pp. 331, 507 (Lower Yangtse, migrant) ; Fatio 8f 

 Studcr, Cat. Distr. Ois. Suisse, p. 46 (1892); Tacz. Mem. Acad. 

 Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. (7) xxxix. p. 856 (1898). 



Limosa cinerea, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 570 (1847) ; Blasius in Naum. 

 Yog. Deutschl. xiii. p. 24*, pi. 386. fig. 3 (1853) ; Jaub. et Barth- 

 Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 477 (1859); Schrenck, Reis. Amur I. p. 41 '.I 

 (1859) ; Radde, Reis. Sibir., Yog. p. 330 (1803) ; Lay aid, B. S. Aft: 

 p. 823 (1867); Gray, Haml-l. B. iii. p. 44, no. 10265 (1871); 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. Abtli. i. p. 1187 (1873: Arabian coast); 

 Rosetib. Malay. Archip. p. 109 (1878-79: Sumatra). 



Xenus cinereus, Licht. Nomencl. A i: Mus. Berol. p. 91 (1854 : Arabia). 



Totanus cinereus, Schl. Mas. Pays-Bus, Scolopaces, p. 77 (1864: 

 Japan: Java; Moluccas). 



Totanus terek, Schl. 3/ Pull. Faune Madag., Ois. p. 172 (1868). 



Tringa (Terekia) cinerea, Runtsay,Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii p. 198 

 (1878) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 20 (1888 : Wide Pay District ; 

 N. S. W.). 



Totanus terekius, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 309 (1888) ; id. 

 B. Japan. Emp. p. 326 (1890). 



Iihynchosimus cinereus, Heine fy Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 

 p. 326 (1890). 



Adult male in breeding-plumac/e. Differs from the winter plumage 

 (described below) in having black centres to the upper surface, the 

 head streaked with blackish brown ; a rufcscent tint pervades the 

 upper surface ; the lesser wing-coverts and scapulars are almost 

 entirely black, the latter forming a double band down the back ; 

 the wing-coverts and secondaries, as well as the lower hack, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts, are mottled with dusky markings ; under 

 surface of body white ; lower throat and fore-neck streaked with 

 blackish : '■ hill black, the base of the lower mandible yellowish 

 green : feet olive-grey ; iris dark brown " (teste L. Taczanoivski). 

 Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 2, wing 5 - 35, tail 2*2, tarsus D15. 



The yellow base to the lower mandible appears to me to be a 

 sign of immaturity and winter plumage, as it seems to disappear 

 entirely in breeding birds. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage. Similar to the male in plumage, 

 with less of the bronzy tint above : the black streaks on the upper 

 surface and the dusky streaks on the throat less pronounced. 

 Total length 9"5 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 5-35, tail 2-2, tarsus 1. 



