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Chinese and Formosan coasts in winter, coming early and retiring 

 late. 



564. Tringa acuminata (Horsf.) ; Ibis, 1863, p. 412; P.Z.S. 

 1863, p. 316. 



Tringa ?, Ibis, 1861, p. 342. 



Tringa pectoralis, Ibis, 1863, p. 97. 

 Passes our coasts early, and returns late. 



565. Tringa damacemsis (Horsf.); Ibis, 1863, p. 413; P. Z S 

 1863, p. 316. 



Tringa, sp., Ibis, 1860, p. 359, 1861, p. 342. 

 Tringa subminuta, Midd. Sib. Reis. p. 222, t. xix. f. 6 ; Ibis, 1862 

 p. 255, 1863, p. 97. 



Passes our coasts early and returns late. 



566. Tringa salina, Pall. It. iii. p. 700. 

 Tringa ruficollis, Lath. Av. v. p. 183. 



Tringa albescens, Temm. PI. Col. 41. fig. 2; Ibis, 1863, p. 413, 

 1870, p. 363 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 316. 



Tringa minuta, Ibis, 1860, pp. 342, 358, 1862, p. 255. 



The eastern representative of T. minuta. Passes the China coast 

 early, and returns late, on its winter migration. All my specimens 

 are of this race ; but I have seen the true T. minuta, in summer 

 plumage, from Lake Baikal. Mr. Gould reports its breeding in 

 Australia (Hand-b. B. of Austr. ii. p. 258) ! 



567. Tringa subarcuata, L. ; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 319, 1863, 

 p. 317. 



Procured in Amoy and Formosa, in partial summer dress, in the 

 middle of May. Tientsin {Fleming). 



568. Tringa temminckii, Leisl.; Ibis, 1860, p. 66, 1861, p. 342, 

 1862, p. 255, 1863, p. 412; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 317. 



Throughout China in winter. 



569. Eurinorhynchcs pygm^eus (L.). 

 Eurinorhynehus orientalis, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 234. 

 Procured once at Amoy. 



570. Numenius minutus, Gould, P.Z.S. 1840, p. 176, 1863, 

 p. 317. 



Numenius minor, Mull. & Schleg. Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 110; 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 411, 1863, p. 409. 



Amoy. Received also from Traus-Baikal, so that it probably 

 goes south to India, and will be the N. arcuatulus, Hodgs., of Nepal, 

 Schlegel has it from Amboina (Mus. des Pays-Bas), and Gould from 

 New South Wales. It passes our coast early, and returns late. Mr. 

 Gould met with the bird on the 4th April (Handb. B. Austr. ii. 



