480 charadriim:. 



wings, the feathers of the back having twin spots of this colour, or 

 being edged or notched with it, this being particularly the case with 

 the scapulars and inner secondaries ; the crown darker and more 

 uniform brown, with a distinct eyebrow of white, lined with dusky 

 streaks like the sides of the neck and upper hind-neck ; the upper 

 tail-coverts with a few wavy lines of dusky, which are also visible 

 on the tail-feathers, the centre ones being tinged with sandy buif ; 

 under surface of body as in the adults, but with dusky streaks on 

 the lower throat ; the chest and sides of the body mottled with 

 dusky margins to the feathers, especially on the sides of the upper 

 breast ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white. Total length 

 11*5 inches, wing 6 - 2, tarsus 1-75. (Mus. Henry Seebohm.) 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Differs from the winter plumage 

 in being blacker above and being spotted below with black ; the 

 crown blackish, streaked with whitish edges to the feathers ; the 

 feathers of the back black, with spots of white on the edges of the 

 feathers, more distinct on the scapulars and inner secondaries ; 

 upper tail-coverts and centre tail-feathers with slight indications of 

 black spots ; sides of face and sides of neck white, with triangular 

 spots of black, larger on the latter ; the ear-coverts slightly ashy 

 grey with obscure dusky streaks ; under surface of body pure white, 

 with a few small spots or streaks of black, irregularly scattered 

 over the throat and breast, larger and more thickly distributed over 

 the sides of the upper breast, and scarcely visible on the flanks ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white. Total length 11 

 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 6*7, tail 2-15, tarsus 1-6. (Mus. Henry 

 Seebohm.) 



Hah. Kamtschatka (Stejneger), the Sea of Okhotsk (Nordmarm), 

 and the River Amoor (Doerries), probably occurring along all the 

 coasts of Eastern Asia in winter, but only known as yet from 

 the coasts of Burma (Armstrong) and from the neighbourhood 

 of Calcutta (Hume). The great resemblance which the bird bears 

 to the common Greenshank has doubtless often caused it to be mis- 

 taken for that species, and, in consequence, to be overlooked by 

 ornithologists. 



a. § ad.sk. China-Ba-Keer, Burma, Dec. 18 Hume Coll. 



(J. Armstrong). (Type of T. haughtoni.) 



b. <$ ad. sk. Beloo Gyoon, Burma, Dec. 10 Hume Coll. 



(J. A.). 



c. d. 3 $ ad. sk. Amherst, Tenasserim, Dec. 30, Hume Coll. 



Jan. 3 (J. A.). 



53. GLOTTIS. 



Type. 



Glottis, Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. p. 305 (1816) G. nebularius. 



Limicola, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. etc. Brit. Mus. 



p. 32 (1816) G. nebularius. 



Range. Confined to the Old World, breeding in the north, and 

 wandering in winter to Africa, India, and Australia. 



