394 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



primaries dark brown with the shafts white ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 brown, each feather broadly edged with white ; tail pale brown. 



In summer the upper plumage is spotted and bordered with rufous ; the 

 rump pure white ; the breast dark brown, each feather with a white trans- 

 verse band about the middle. 



Irides dark brown ; bill dusky black, paler at base of lower mandible ; 

 legs and feet greenish dusky. (Armstrong.) 



Length 12 inches, tail 2*7, wing 7*1, tarsus 1'4, bill from gape I 1 8, 

 middle toe and claw 1*15. 



A few years ago Mr. Shopland sent me a specimen of this Stint 

 which he shot on the Arrakan coast near Akyab in January. Dr. Arm- 

 strong procured one specimen in the Irrawaddy Delta. It is apparently 

 rather rare in Burmah; but it will probably be found along the entire 

 sea-coast in the winter months. 



It has a wide range, being found in Japan and Eastern Siberia in 

 summer, migrating in winter as far south as Australia, and eastwards to 

 Scinde. It has also been found in the Andaman and Laccadive Islands. 



This Stint appears to be entirely maritime ; but nothing of particular 

 interest is recorded about its habits. 



Genus PELIDNA, Cm. 



736. PELIDNA SUBARQUATA, 



THE CURLEW STINT. 



Scolopax subarquata, Gilld. Nov. Comm. Petrop. xix. p. 471, t. xviii. Tringa 

 subarquata, Jerd. B. 2nd. ii. p. 689 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 156 ; Armstrong, S. F. 

 iv. p. 342 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 472 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 59, pi. ; 

 Hume fy Dav. 8. F. vi. p. 460; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 113; Legge, Birds Ceylon, 

 p. 879; Oates, S. F. x. p. 240. Pelidna subarquata, Salvad, Ucc. Born. 

 p. 322. 



Description. Winter plumage. The whole upper plumage, wing-coverts, 

 scapulars and tertiaries ashy brown, the shafts of the feathers blackish, the 

 margins narrowly greyish white ; the greater wing-coverts more broadly 

 edged with white ; upper tail-coverts white ; tail brown, edged with white ; 

 primaries brown, the shaft of the first primary chiefly white, those of the 

 other feathers brown, turning white towards the tip only ; secondaries 

 brown ; sides of the neck, fore neck and breast white streaked with brown ; 

 chin, throat and remainder of lower plumage, axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts white. 



