220 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
TEREKIA CINEREA (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 258 ; 
Legge, p. 836). 
The Avocet Sandpiper. 
Description —Winter : Upper parts, including tail, light 
ashy-brown, with darker shaft-stripes ; forehead and eyebrow 
whitish ; lores brownish. There is an indefinite dark brown 
band along the lesser wing coverts; outer wing coverts and 
primaries dusky brown ; secondaries brown edged with white ; 
outer tail feathers mottled with white. Lower parts white ; 
the foreneck and sides of the breast more or less streaked and 
washed with gray. 
Summer: The black shaft-stripes are strongly developed 
on the scapulars, and in general are more conspicuous ; the 
sides of the head, the neck, and breast are more noticeably 
streaked with a shade of brown. 
Bill blackish-brown ; iris brown; legs and feet orange- 
yellow. 
Length 9°5; wing 5:1; tail2°2; tarsus 1-1; bill from gape 2. 
Distribution —A rare straggler recorded from the coast 
in the Mannar District and Southern Province. Breeds in 
North-eastern Europe and Northern Siberia, wintering in 
East Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. Occurs locally on 
the coasts of the whole Indian Empire. 
Habits —A curious bird, easily distinguished by its pale 
plumage, long bill curving upwards, relatively short legs, 
and orange feet. It generally associates in small troops of 
five or six, and may be looked for on tidal flats and muddy 
shores of lagoons. | 
ToTaNUS HYPOLEUCUS (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 260). 
TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUS (Legge, p. 867). 
The Common Sandpiper. 
Description —Upper parts, including head and tail, slightly 
glossy olive-brown, with darker shaft-stripes to the feathers ; 
scapulars, tertiaries, wing coverts, and middle tail feathers 
with a darker border near the tip, which is edged with white. 
Primary coverts and primaries dark brown, the coverts tipped 
