362 Lieut. R. E. Vaughan and StafF-Surg. K. H. Jones 



^GIALITIS PERONI. 



This little Plover is the commonest wader which spends 

 the winter in south-eastern China, and occurs always in large 

 flocks ; it is usually in company with the Dunlin, for which 

 it has a keen appreciation. These little birds are found from 

 Kwei Hsien right through both Provinces to the sea-coast, 

 and frequent not only tidal mud-flats, but large dry sand- 

 banks exposed by the falling river, drained lotus ponds, 

 ploughed paddy-fields, and reedy marshes. 



The earliest arrivals from the north were seen about 

 August 4, and others continue to arrive until October 

 and November ; in the spring some linger until the third 

 week in May^ although most have gone by the end of 

 April. 



J^^GIALITIS DEALBATUS. 



^(jialitis alexandrina (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv. 

 p. 275, pt. 



On January 30, 1906, a specimen of this Plover was 

 obtained on some mud-flats at Macao, where it was in com- 

 pany with a large number of other Waders, Egrets, and 

 Kingfishers. This was the only specimen taken, but others 

 may have been overlooked. 



NUMENIUS AUQUATUS. 



The Curlew is a common winter visitor to south-eastern 

 China, arriving as early as September 8 from the north, 

 and leaving again, as a rule, by the end of March. 

 It haunts the mud-flats and tidal creeks, and feeds 

 chiefly on small m.arine moUusca. In the spring large 

 migratory flights pass over from districts further to the 

 south. 



NUMENIUS VARIEGATUS. 



Whimbrel pass through on migration, and have been 

 observed as early in the autumn as September 4 at Shia 

 Po, a place 100 miles from the sea, and as late as April 2i} 

 on their journey to the north. 



