38G Mr. J. E. Harting on rare 



Ochthodromus inornatus, Gould, Handb. B. Austral, ii. p. 237 

 (1865). 



Charadrius mongolicus, Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 141 

 (1867); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 161. 



Hab. Mongolia {Pallas, Rodde) ; Siberia, Ochotsk [Midden- 

 dorff) ; Thibet, Ladakh {Adams) ; Kiangsisa {Stoliczka) ; Nepal 

 {Hodgson, Brandt) ; India {Blyth, Jerdon) ; Andaman Isles 

 {Tytler) (?) ; Choris Peninsula {Moore); Amoor {Von Schrenck); 

 China, Shanghai, Hainan {Swinhoe) ; Philippines {Cuming) ; 

 Malay Archipelago {Miiller, Wallace) ; Oomago Island, Torres 

 Straits {Ince) ; Australia {Gilbert) ; Russia, St. Petcrsburgh 

 {Temminck) ; Palestine, mouth of Kishon {Tristram); Kordofan, 

 Danakil Country {Heuglin). 



Description. — Similar both in summer and winter plumage 

 to the last-described species, but differing in size, being con- 

 siderably smaller. The bill, also, is shorter, has the outline 

 of both mandibles straighter, and is of a dark horn-colour; the 

 iris dark yellow-brown ; tarsus dull yellowish-grey (Midden- 

 dorff. I.e.). 



Dimensions. Total length 73 in. ; bill "7 ; wing from carpus 5 ; 

 tarsus 1'3. 



Before entering upon any other details, it may be thought 

 necessary that I should state the reasons which have induced 

 me to add ^. pijrrhothorax, Temm., to the list of synonyms of 

 the present species ; for the propriety of so doing is not generally 

 admitted. 



Dr. von INIiddendorff considered ^. -pyrrhothorax to be dis- 

 tinct, probably I'egarding it as the western or European repre- 

 sentative of the Asiatic ^. mongolicus. But he does not point 

 out any distinguishing characters ; and perhaps, at the date of 

 the publication of his work, he was not acquainted with tlie 

 history of Temminck's so-called species. Be this as it may, his 

 description and plate, compared with the descriptions of Pallas 

 and Temminck, show that all three are referable to one and the 

 same species, to which Pallas's name, having priority, must be 

 applied. 



Mr. Blyth has expressed the opinion (Ibis, 1867, p. 164) that 

 Charadrius pyrrhothorax, Temm., should be erased from the list 



