NUMENIUS 801 



<$ ad. ((Jhina). Differs from N. borealis in having the upper parts 

 conspicuously mottled with warm sandy buff; the sides of the head, 

 mesial line, and under parts rufous isabelline or sandy buff ; lower throat 

 and neck streaked, and flanks barred with dusky brownish ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries rufous isabelline, barred with dusky brown ; bill 

 blackish brown, the base of lower mandible flesh-coloured ; legs grey ; iris 

 dark brown. Culmen 2'0, wing 7*3, tail 3'0, tarsus T8 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia and Mongolia ; Japan and China ; the 

 Moluccas and Australia on passage and in winter. 



Nothing seems to be on record respecting the habits of this 

 bird, which evidently breeds in Eastern Siberia, not far north of 

 Dauria, but its nest and eggs are as yet unknown. 



1104. WHIMBREL. 

 NUMENIUS PKLffiOPUS. 



Numenius phczopus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 243 (1766) ; Naum. viii. 

 p. 506, Taf. 217 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 324, pi. Ixxxvii. fig. 1 ; Gould, 

 B. of E. iv. pi. 303 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 49 ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 227, pi. 576 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 356 ; Blanf. 

 F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 253 ; Ridgway, p. 171 ; Saunders, p. 629 ; 

 Lilford, v. p. 135, pi. 58 ; Poynting, p. 249, pi. 53. 



Courtis, French ; Maqarico gallego, Portug. ; Zaraptto, Serranct, 

 Span. ; Chiwrletto, Ital. ; fiegen-brachvogel, German ; Regenwulf, 

 Dutch ; Spdi, Icel. ; Lille-Eegnspove, Dan. ; Smaaspov, Norweg. ; 

 Smdspofv, Swed. ; Ktiskastak, Lapp. ; Pieni-Kuovi, Finn. ; Malyi- 

 Kronsclinep, Kulik, Russ. ; Chota-G-oungh, Hindu. 



$ ad. (Sussex). Crown and nape dark brown with a mesial and two 

 superciliary lines to the nape dull white ; upper parts dark brown with 

 indistinct greyish brown margins ; hind neck dull white streaked with 

 brown ; rump and upper tail- coverts white, the latter spotted and barred 

 with dusky ; tail brownish grey, barred with dark brown and tipped with 

 white ; quills blackish brown, the shafts white ; wing-coverts dusky 

 brown spotted with dull white ; under parts white ; the sides of head, 

 neck, breast, and flanks streaked with brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white, barred with brown ; bill black, the base of lower mandible 

 pale brown ; legs light greyish blue ; iris brown. Culmen 3'0, wing 9'3, 

 tail 4-0, tarsus 2'3 inch. Female similar but larger. 



Hob. Europe generally, north to Iceland, Greenland, and 

 Lapland, migrating through Southern Europe to South Africa 

 and Madagascar, Azores, Canaries, and Madeira for the winter ; 

 Asia, east to India and Burma, south to the Malay Archipelago. 



