Major J. Biddulph on the Birds of GUy'it. 287 



(sub voc. Tvrtur humilis), and Bonaparte, in ' Comptcs llon- 

 dus/ xli. p. G59, misprint this specific term '' muroensis. 



1926. Pterocles arenarius, Pallas. 



I secured a single specimen, a female, in the Sai valley on 

 the 19th December. No others were seen. 



198. ^Egialitis cantiana (Latham), 



I procured a male in adult plumage on 13th August. 



199. iEaiALiTis PHiLipPENSis (Scop.). 

 ^gialitis curonica (Gmel.) . 



I shot a number of specimens of this Plover in the first 

 half of August. 



200«. tEgialitis jerdoni, Legge. 



I procured two specimens of this Plover, both females, one 

 on the 11th May and the other on the 27th September. It 

 differs from jE. curonica in the basal half of the lower man- 

 dible being yellow, in the absence of a black frontal band 

 next to the bill, and in having a fleshy-yellow ring to the 

 eyelids. It is also slightly smaller, and the female is smaller 

 than the male; whereas in jE. curonica the female is the 

 larger. 



208a. Ibidorhynchus struthersi (Vigors). 

 On the 6th August I procured a young female in imma- 

 ture plumage in Gilgit. 



209. Machetes PUGNAX (Linn.). 



I obtained four specimens in the beginning of August, and 

 observed others. They all show dark markings on the breast 

 and flanks. 



209a. Tringa acuminata, Horsf. 



I shot a single specimen, a male in adult plumage, in Gilgit 

 on the 1st August. It was flying about with a number of 

 Machetes pugnax. It measured — length 8*75 inches, wing 

 5'25, tail 2*5, tarsi 1'3, culmen 1"05. This is, I believe, the 

 first notice of the occurrence of this species so far to the west- 

 ward, or within Indian limits. It was first described by 

 Horsfield from Java in 1821 in the following terms : — " Supra 



