on Dr. Jerdon's 'Birds of India. ^ 167 



ously figured by Gustav Radde as Scolopax {Spilura) stenura, 

 Temm. (Reisen &c. ii. taf. xiii.). 



871. Gallixago scolopacinus. 



Mr. Gould (B. Gt. Brit. pt. iv.) considers the common fan- 

 tailed Snipe of India and China identical with the British 

 species. 



873. Rhynch^a bengalensis (L.) ; R. variegata, Vieillot, 

 Gal. des Ois. pi. 240. 



The egg and chick have been figured (Contrib. Orn. 1852, 

 pi. 89) ; and Mr. Layard (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1853, xi. p. 228) 

 says, " nest, a slight depression of the soil, lined with a few tufts 

 of grass ; eggs four in number, of a brownish-yellow, washed all 

 over with dark blotches, rather more frequent at the obtuse end, 

 apparently at times taking an annular form." The young, with 

 feathers half grown, spread the wings and tail, displaying their 

 beautiful markings as in Eurypyga, and try to look fierce at the 

 beholder. I have occasionally obtained broods of four each in 

 the Calcutta bazar, but could never get them to live ; nor could 

 I manage to keep the old birds in captivity as I have succeeded 

 in doing with Snipes. 



874. PSEUDOSCOLOPAX semipalmatus. 



Mr. Swinhoe well remarks of this species, " In its bright 

 summer garb, and in almost every particular, this bird is a per- 

 fect Godwit. You have only to cut off the bill, and it is almost 

 undistinguishable from Limosa uropygialis. It forms the same 

 connecting link between Limosa and Scolopax that MacrorJiam- 

 phus griseus appears to form between Tutanus and Scolopax." 

 (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 313). Why not Limosa, rather than Totanus, 

 in both instances ? 



Limosa lapponica (L.), as a species occurring rarely in the 

 Himalaya (Ibis, 1865, p. 36), must be added to the Indian list. 



876. Terbkia ciNEREA (Gmcl.), Scolopax sumatrana, B^af^es. 



S77. NuMENius LiNEATUs, Cuv. Rcguc An. 2nd ed. i. 

 p. 52, note 2 (" Courlis h taches etroites de Tlnde ") (A^. major, 

 Temm. and Schl. Faun. Japon. ^?'e5, pi. Ixvi.), is the Indian Curlew, 

 and not iV. arcuatus (L.) as stated by Dr. Jerdon. The difference 



