EURYNORHYNCHUS. 129 



Gen. LimiCOla. — Koch. 

 Characters same as Rhynchcea ; bill broad and depressed. 



157. Limicola platyrhyncha {Temm.\ Saivad., Ucc. Bom. 



p. 322 ; Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 3, pi. ; Hu?)ie and Bav., Sir. F. vi. p. 461 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 113; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 896; Oales, Sir. F.x. 

 p. 240 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 387; Murray, Verl. ZooL, Si'nd, p. 252; 

 Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 160, No. 1288. Tringa platyrhyncha, Temm., 

 Man d' Orn. p. 398 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii, p. 692, No. 886 ; Blyth, B. Burm. 

 p. 156. — The Broad-billed Sandpiper. 



In winter, the crown of the head, back, scapulars and wing coverts are ashy 

 brown, tinged with rufous ; neck and cheeks white, spotted with brown ; 

 primaries and tail brown, the latter edged with pale reddish ashy ; lower parts 

 white ; the flanks, breast and under tail coverts tinged with rufous. In 

 summer dress the Broad-billed Sandpiper has the crown of the head brownish 

 black, varied with greyish ; the neck on the sides and in front greyish white, 

 with black spots, and tinged with buffy ; chin white, with a few dark spots ; 

 lower back black, with fulvous white or rufous margins to the feathers. 



Length. — 6*5 to 675 inches ; wing 3*9 to 4*32 ; bill at front 1*27 to 1*37 ; 

 tarsi o'94 ; irides deep brown ; legs and feet dusky black. 



Hab. — The Indian Coast generally. Occurs commonly at Kurrachee and 

 along the Mekran Coast, also at Kutch and in Bengal. Recorded from 

 Arracan, also from Pegu, and Amherst in Tenasserim. Frequents sea-coasts 

 and tidal rivers. 



Sub-Family, TRINGIN^,— Stints, &c. 



Bill rather long, flat and wide, keeled near the tip, somewhat flexible ; 

 nostrils in a groove, extending two-thirds the length of the bill ; wings long ; 

 toes divided or narrowly webbed. 



Gen. Eurynorliynclius.— M/wo«. 



Bill much depressed, broad, flat, ridged in the centre at the base, and 

 ending in a flat somewhat obcordate, expanded tip, which terminates in a 

 deflected point ; nostrils basal ; toes cleft, with a small web between the outer 

 and middle toes. {Jerd.) 



158. Eurynorhynchus pygmseus (Linn.), Harting, Ibis, 



1869, p. 427, pi. xii. ; Blylh, B. Burm. p. 156; Dav. el Otist. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 474 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 463; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 113; 

 Oales, B. Br. Burm. i'l. -p. 395; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 611, No. 

 1289. Platalea pygmsea, Z/;/;/., Sysl. Nat. i. p. 231. Eurynorhynchus griseus 

 {^Nilss^), Temm., Man d'Orn. ii. p. 594; Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 693, No. 887. 

 — The Spoon-billed Stint. 



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