the Lower Yangtse Basin. 503 



Fam. GlareolidjE. 



300. Glareola orientaliSj Leach. 



(617.) Very large flocks pass through in April and May, 

 and return again in August and September. A few stray 

 birds may be met with in winter. 



Fam. CHARADRIIDiE. 



301. Charadrius fulvuSj Gm. 



(608.) Passes through in April and May ; the autumn 

 migration I have not noticed. 



302. Charadrius helveticus. 



(607.) Scarce. I have met with it at Shanghai in Feb- 

 ruary and May in winter plumage. 



303. Charadrius minor. Wolf & Meyer. 



(614.) j^gialitis dubius (Scop.) ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 404. 



Common during migration in March, April, and May, and 

 again in September and October. 



304. Charadrius placidus (Gray). 



(612.) jEgialiiis hartingi, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 404. 

 . Arrives from the north in September, and remains through- 

 out the winter. Not uncommon on the muddy banks of 

 creeks and shallow lakes. 



305. Charadrius geopfroyi, Wagl. 



(610.) Met with in Shanghai market in May. 



306. Charadrius veredus, Gould. 



(609.) Passes through in March and April. 



307. Charadrius mongolicus. Pall. 



(611.) " China coast in winter ^^ (/Si<;m/ioe). 

 " Shanghai market in spring^' (Z). ^ 0.). 



308. Charadrius cantianus, Latham. 

 (615.) ''China coast in winter'^ {Swinhoe^. 



309. LOBIVANELLUS CINEREUS, Blyth. 



(605.) Flocks begin to arrive in February, frequenting 



