612 CHAEADEIIDiE. 



69. LIMICOLA. 



Type. 



Limicola, Koch, Syst, baier. Zool. p. 316 (1816) .... L. platyrhyncha. 



Mange. Northern Europe and Siberia, migrating south in winter 

 to the countries of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the Indian 

 Peninsula and Ceylon, China, to the Philippines, and the Malay 

 Archipelago to the Moluccas. 



1. Limicola platyrhyncha. 



Numenius pygmaeus (nee Lath.), Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. p. 277. Taf. 21 

 (1802). 



Numenius pusillus (nee Linn.), Bechst. Gemein. Naturg. Deutschl. 

 iv. p. 152 (1809). 



Tringa platyrhyncha, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 398 (1815) ; id. 2nd ed. 

 ii. p. 616 (1820) ; Werner, Atlas, Grail, pi. 10 (1827) ; Gould, B. 

 Eur. iv. pi. 331 (1837) ; Schl. Rev. Crit. p. xc (1844) ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. iii. p. 579 (1845) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 269 (1849: 

 Calcutta) ; Thomps. B. Irel. ii. p. 282 (1850 : Belfast Bay, Oct.) j 

 Kjcerl. Danm. Fugle, pi. 35. fig. 5 (1851) ; Macgill. Brit. B. iv. 

 p. 224 (1852) ; Hewitt. Egos Brit. B. ii. p. 359, pi. C (1856) ; 

 Sundev. Sv. Fog I. pi. 43 fig. 3 (1859) ; Sivinhoe, Ibis, 1862, p. 255 

 (Foochow), 1863, p. 412 (Formosa, Sept.) ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 316 ; Jerd. B. Lid. iii. p. 692 (1864) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Scolopaces, p. 49 (1864: Red Sea ; Formosa; Java); id. fy Pollen, 

 Faune Madag., Ois. p. 160 (1868) ; Wright, Ibis, 1869, p. 253- 

 (not observed in Malta) ; Elwes 8f Buckley, Ibis, 1870, p. 331 

 (Bosphorus) ; SicinJwe, t. c. p. 363 (Hainan) ; id. P. Z. 8. 1871, 

 p. 408 (China and Formosa, winter) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 49 

 no. 10305 (1871); Meves, CE/ers. K. Vet.-Akad. Fbrh. Stockh. 

 1871, p. 777 (N.W. Russia) ; Hurting, Handb. Brit. B. p. 141 

 (1872) ; Holdsiu. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 474 (Ceylon) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 

 1873, p. 424 (Shanghai) ; Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. Abth. i. 

 p. 1185 (1873) ; Hume, Str. F. i. p. 244 (1873 : Karachi) ; id. ibid. 

 ii. p. 298 (1874 : Andamans) ; Fallon, Ois. Be/g. p. 169 (1875) ; 

 Blyth Sr Wald. B. Burm. p. 156 (1875 : Arakan) ; Blanf. East. 

 Persia, ii. p. 284 (1876); Armstrong, Str. F. iv. p. 343 (1876: 

 China-ba-keer) ; David 8r Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 470 (1877) ; 

 Tiraut, Bull. Agric. Cochinchine, (3) i. p. 159 (1879) ; Blakist. fy 

 Fryer, B. Japan, p. 112 (1882: Yokohama; Hakodadi) ; Severtz. 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 75 (Karakul, Aug.) ; Saunders, ed. YarrelVs Brit. 

 B. iii. p. 362 (1883); Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 33 (Hakodadi); 

 Blakist. Amended List B. Japan, pp. 11, 37 (1884) ; Seebohm, 

 Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 197 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 433 

 (1888) ; id. B. Japan. Emp. p. 337 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 114 (Fao, Aug., Sept.) ; Styan, t. c. pp. 330, 506 (Lower 

 Yangtse) ; Gatke, Vogelw. Helgol. p. 525 (1891) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 25 (Heligoland) ; Be La Touche, t. c. p. 499 (Foochow 

 and Swatow) ; Fatio fy Studer, Cat. distr. Ois. Suisse, p. 50 

 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 437 (Hainan). 



Limicola pygmasa (nee Lath.), Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. p. 318 (1816) ; 

 Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. viii. p. 270, pi. 207 (1836) ; Nordm. in 

 Demid. Voy. Btiss. Merid. iii. p. 250 (1840 : Odessa, spring) ; 

 Keys. $ Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. lxxvii, 216 (1840) ; Fritsch, J.f. O. 

 1854, p. 280 (Bohemia) ; Jiickel, t. c. p. 362 ; Bp. C. M. xliii. 

 p. 596 (1856); Heugl. Ibis, 1859, p. 384; Linderm. Vog. Grie- 

 chenl. p. 144 (1860) ; Heugl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 197 (Gulf of Suez) ; 

 Loche, Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 304 (1867) ; Borggr. Vogelf. 



