406 Mr. R. Svvinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 



123. JEgialites philippinus (Scop.). 

 Charadrius curonicus, Bechs. 



C. minor, Meyer. 



This pretty little species, which has occasionally been shot on 

 the British coasts, is with us a plentiful resident, and breeds 

 on the sandy shores. In autumn, when the black facings of 

 the nuptial plumage fade away, a strong touch of buff tinges the 

 white of the head and neck. In this plumage I procured a pair 

 on the 10th September 1861, and took down the following note 

 on them : — " Length 6^ in. ; wing 4^^^ ; tail 2 j*j. Bill blackish 

 brown, brownish ochre on base of lower mandible. Iris dark 

 umber ; eye-skin brownish, tinted with yellow at the angles in 

 the female, in the male a bright orange. Legs and claws clear 

 yellow ochre; claws black. Inside of mouth pale bluish flesh- 

 colour." 



r A few parties of 



124. H^MATOPusLONGiROSTRis, Gray. I both these visit the 



125. Recurvirostra avocetta, L. ] -^P^s Hill Creek 



[^ every winter. 



126. TOTANUS GLOTTIS, L. 



Adult, shot 4th September 1861. " Length 13^q in. ; wing 7 ; 

 tail 3. Bill along culmen 2^^ in., to gape 2^. Apical half of 

 bdl blackish brown ; basal half leaden grey. Ear- covert as large 

 as the eye, dark purplish grey ; operculum an oval slit, running 

 obliquely through more than half its diameter. Iris dark umber. 

 Legs and toes light ochreous grey, patched with ochre on the 

 toes, and dark leaden grey at their joints ; claws deep brown. 

 A few dark brown angular spots on the breast, which is other- 

 wise white." 



A winter visitant. 



127. ToTANUS STAGNATILIS, Bcchst. 



Scolopax totanus, L. 



Totanus horsfieldi, Sykes. 



T. lathami, Gray. 



T. tenuirostris, Horsf. 



I procured only one of this species, on the 30th August 1861, 

 out of a small flock on the mud-flats near Taiwanfoo. I have 

 never met with the bird on the Chinese coast. 



