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Mr. J. E. Harting on lit tie -known Limicolse. 



A glance at the respective measuremeuts will show that E. 

 veredus is much superior in size. In length it exceeds E. asia- 

 ticus by an inch. The wing is an inch longer, and the tarsus 

 is more elongated by three-tenths of an inch. 



The more important respects in which these two species differ 

 may perhaps be best shown as follows : — 



E. veredus. 



longer and stouter. 



bufty wliite ; buff line over tbe eye. 



white ; sides of face bufiy-wMte. 

 rufous, inclining to buff at tbe sides, 



and extending entirely round the 



neck, 

 an inch longer, 

 dusky ; the shafts of the first two 



only, white, 

 smoke-grey, 

 in the outer feather, the outer web 



and basal end of inner web white. 



longer by "3 in., stouter, and yel- 



lowish-ochreous. 

 bare portion longer by -2 in. 



Eudromias asiaticus. 



Bill shorter and more slender. 

 Forehead white; white line over 



the eye. 

 Chin and sides of face white. 

 Pectoral band rufous, terminating 



abruptly at the sides. 



Winff an inch shorter. 



Primaries almost black ; the shafts 

 of all mesially white. 



Axillaries white. 



Rectrices (12): the outer feather 

 dusky, the extremity in young- 

 birds margined with white. 



Tarsus shorter by "S in., more slen- 

 der and greenish-ochreous. 



Tibia: bare portion shorter by "2 in. 



Mr. Blyth, in looking over the type-specimens of Javan birds 

 described by the late Dr. Horsfield (/. c), found the Cursorius 

 isabellinus of that author to be identical with E. veredus, Gould ! 

 and announced this fact in 'The Ibis' for 1865 (p. 34), adding 

 his opinion that the latter was synonymous with C. xanthochilus 

 of Wagler, which, as I have above shown, cannot be the case. 



Looking to the fact that the only specimen of this bird in the 

 adult plumage hitherto reported was procured in China, where 

 it was considered a rarity, and that all the examples from Aus- 

 tralia and the Malay Archipelago have proved to be immature, 

 I conclude that the species is Asiatic, rather than Australian as 

 has been supposed, and that its true home will probably be found 

 to be Mongolia and Mantchuria, perhaps even further to the 

 north, and that the appearance of so many immature examples 

 south of the equator may be accounted for by supposing that 

 E. veredus, like many other species, is affected by the same mi- 



