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110. Rock Tail-wagler. Tringoides hypoleucus, L. 



111. Green Sandpiper. Totanus ochropus, L. 



112. Wood Sandpiper. Totanus fflareola, L. 



113. Dusty Sandpiper. Totanus pulverulentus. 



114. Red-shanked Sandpiper. Totanus calidris, L. 

 Tientsin market in December. 



115. Whistling Sandpiper. Totanus glottoides. 



116. AvocET. Recurvirostra avocetta. 



I saw this bird on the banks of the Peiho in November. It was 

 frequent in Tientsin market. 



117. Woodcock. Scolopax rusticola, Ij. 



118. Chinese Snipe. Gallinago megala, n. sp. 



Mr. Blyth has pronounced on a specimen of this bird forwarded 

 to him from Amoy, that it is identical with G. major : now I 

 am convinced that it is not. It resembles the Great Snipe^ no 

 doubt, in general appearance, but the Great Snipe has sixteen 

 obtuse tail-feathers : this bird has twenty, five of which on each 

 side are short and narrowed ; the outermost being the shortest and 

 the narrowest, the next longer and broader ; and so on until the 

 ten centre ones are reached, which are pretty much about of an 

 equal length and of an equal breadth. It approaches, on the 

 other hand, much nearer G. stenura, Temm., from which, 

 however, it is at once distinguishable by its larger size, and by 

 the fewer and broader lateral tail-feathers ; G. stenura having, if I 

 recollect right, seven very short and very narrow lateral rectrices 

 on each side. I enclose a specimen. 



119. Narrow-tailed Snipe. Gallinago stenura, Temminck. 

 Very common in August and September. 



120. Snipe. Gallinago uniclava, Hodgson. 



Closely allied to the European species. Also very common. 



121. Curlew. Nnmenius major, Schlegel. 



It is hard to discover any difi"erence between this and N. 

 arcuatus. Very common in August in the marshes. 



122. Heron. Ardea cinerea, L. 

 Common. 



