on Dr. Jerdon's ' Birds of India.' 169 



887. EURHINORHYNCHUS PYGM^US. 



In summer dress this bird has the head, neck, and breast 

 bright rufous, as shown by a specimen in Mr. Barrow's collec- 

 tion obtained in one of the Arctic voyages (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 201). 



890. LOBIPES HYPERBOKEUS. 



A specimen in winter dress was obtained in one of the Aru 

 Islands by Mr. Wallace ! (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 188). 



891. AcTiTis GLAEEOLA is brought in extraordinary num- 

 bers to the bazar ; but amongst them I could never detect the 

 Totanus ajffinis as figured by Hardwicke and described by Swin- 

 hoe. The Totanus affinis of Horsfield, as shown by the type 

 specimen in the India Museum, and formerly mentioned by 

 Strickland (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1844, xi v. p. 120), is identical 

 with the Tringa glareola of Gmelin. The name affinis, how- 

 ever, may perhaps be retained for Mr. Swinhoe's species, but in 

 that case as affinis of Hardwicke and Gray {nee Horsfield). In 

 Borneo it is said to be " a true freshwater species, frequenting 

 rivers, and perching on the batangs or large logs of drift timber, 

 being frequently seen in small packs, probably families, and flying 

 close under the banks of the river, with a jerking, uneasy flight " 

 (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 222). The T. leueurus of Hardwicke and 

 Gray, represented on the same plate, remains to be identified. 



893. AcTiTis HYPOLEUCA is Certainly very common in Lower 

 Bengal during the cold season. 



894. Totanus glottis. 



Dr. Jerdon omits to describe the summer dress. I have not 

 found it to diff'er from that of T. stagnatilis, varying much in 

 intensity of development in both species. Both of them are 

 brought in considerable numbers to the bazar. How familiar 

 to my recollection at this moment, in imagination, sounds the 

 ringing tung-tung of the Greenshank, in association with remem- 

 brance of the scenery of its haunts ! It is even a more charac- 

 teristic accompaniment than is the whistle of Numenius lineatus, 

 which is similar to that of the British Curlew. 



898. Himantopus candidus. 



I have lately seen Australian specimens with the black nape. 



