63. LIMONITES. 



537 



chest and'sides of the breast. Total length G inches, culraen 085, 

 wing 3-95, tail 1*45, tarsus 075. 



Young. As with most of the Stints, the plumage of the young 

 bird resembles the summer plumage of the adults in being black on 

 the crown and back, with rufescent edges to most of the feathers, 

 and whitish margins to the scapulars and inner secondaries ; the 

 hind neck is pale ashy, streaked with dusky brown ; eyebrow, fore- 

 neck, sides of face, and under surface of body pure white, the ear- 

 coverts dusky ; the fore-neck suffused with pale ochreous buff. 



llab. Eastern Siberia, south in winter to the coasts of China 

 and the Bay of Bengal. 



a. Ad. oestiv. sk. 



b. S ad. sestiv. 

 ak. 



ft cJ; d, e. 2 



homot. sk. 

 f,g. Juv. homot. 



sk. 

 h. Juv. homot. 



sk. 

 i. J ad. asstiv. 



sk. 

 k. Juv. homot. 



sk. 

 1. cJad. hiem. sk. 



m. 5 a d. hiem. 



sk. 

 n. $ ad. hiem. 

 o. 2 a d- hiem. 

 p. Skeleton. 



Barrakouta Bay, Siberia (Hen- 

 son). 



Mouth of the Amur River, 

 Aug. 8 (Dorrics). 



Mouth of the Amur River, 

 autumn (Dorries). 



Yokohama, Japan. 



Hakodadi, Oct. 8 (Henson). 

 Shanghai, April (K. Sicinhoe). 

 Swatow. 



Amherst, Tenasserim, Jan. 4 



( W. Davison). 

 Elephant Point, Rangoon, 



Bee. 1 (J. Armstrong). 

 Akyab, Nov. 5 (Capt.Shojjland) . 

 Naaf River, Pey:u, Jan. 17. 

 Yladivostock, E. Siberia. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 F. Hook, Esq. [P.]. 



63. LIMONITES. 



Type. 



Leimonites, Kaup, Katiirl. Syst. p. 37 (1829) L. temmincki. 



Actodromas, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 55 (1829) L. minuta. 



Range. Breeding in the Northern portions of both Hemispheres, 

 migrating south in winter. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Outer tail-feathers pale smoky or ashy brown. 

 a'. Feet blackish ; middle toe and claw not 

 exceeding 075 inch. 

 «". Size larger; centre of fore-neck and chest 

 pure white like the abdomen (winter 

 plumage). 

 a" . Tarsus slightly longer, 0-8 inch ; sides 

 of face and throat .^lightly rufe.-cent in 

 summer plumage; rufous colour pre- 



