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Rhyacophilus glareola. 



The Wood Sandpiper is a common bird of passage, often 

 occurring in large ttocks, which frequent both the coast and 

 country inland. The earliest date for its arrival is 

 August 21, and the latest for its departure May 5. 



ToTANUS FUSCUS. 



The Spotted E-edshank is a fairly common winter visitor, 

 but is strictly confined to the tidal mud-flats of the Delta 

 country, and, unlike lotanus caiidris, is never found inland. 



The birds display a great partiality for bathing, dancing 

 and splashing in the water when the tide has covered the 

 flats to a depth of a few inches. They always congregate 

 together in considerable flocks, often comprising several 

 hundreds of birds. 



ToTANUS CALIDRIS. 



Redshanks occur both as birds of passage and as winter 

 visitors, and have been noticed as early as August 26 and 

 as late in spring as April 18. They occur in small numbers 

 right up the river as far as Kwei Hsien. 



Helodromas ochropus. 



The Green Sandpiper is a fairly common winter visitor, 

 and occasionally may remain for the summer as well, for on 

 July 11 and 24 one was seen on a lotus pond at Ching Ki, 

 close to Samshui. The first arrivals usually come in about 

 the end of July or very early in August, and the main body 

 in September or October, and on the return journey the 

 majority of the birds pass in the first half of April. They 

 are usually solitary and do not combine in flocks, and during 

 the winter more than two are seldom seen together. 



This species has been heard calling in July at Kwei Hsien 

 in Kwang Si. 



Glottis nebularius. 



The Greenshank is a common winter visitor, arriving 

 about September 21 or 22, and leaving again from about 

 March 3 to April 1 ; it keeps almost entirely to the salt 



