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is also in more mature plumage. The differences between the 

 Hakodadi and Yangtze birds are conspicuous ; but the mark- 

 ings and main characters proclaim them of one species. 



46. Grey Sandpiper. Tetanus incanus, Vieill. 



A pair shot in May. The female is rather larger, has a 

 longer wing, and is less waved across the breast and belly. 

 They are both in summer-plumage. 



4)7. Wood-Sandpiper. Totanus glareola, L. 

 A May male. 



4S. Common Sandpiper. Tringoides hypoleucus (L.). 

 A female shot in April, and a male in May. 



49. Australian Great Snipe. Gallinago australis. 



A fine male shot in May. It is of large size, and has the eight 

 central tail-feathers of ordinary scolopaceous form and colour ; 

 besides these there are five peculiar ones on each side, the two 

 outer of which are very narrow and whiter. The species only 

 occurs in Hakodadi in spring and autumn, like the spring 

 Snipe, G. megala, in China. Blakiston notes that " spring 

 specimens are less rufous than those shot in August.^^ 



50. Common Snipe. Gallinago scolopacina, Bp. 



A male shot in May. Blakiston remarks, " my measure- 

 ments are 10^ to lOf x 5 to ^\." 



51. Red-breasted Rail. Porzana erythrothorax, T. & S. 

 A male shot in June. 



52. Indian Water- Rail. Rallus indicus, Blyth. 



A male and female, shot in May, agree with our Chinese 

 form with the dark mark through the eye. The male is larger 

 and has a larger bill than the female. 



53. Eared Grebe. Podiceps nigricollis, Gmel. 



One in winter plumage, and one marked male, in April, in 

 full spring dress. This small species is recognizable in any 

 plumage by its upturned bill. 



54. Red-throated Diver. Colymbus septentrionalis, L. 

 A female in immature plumage, without date. 



