FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 85 



878.— Numenius phseopus, Lin. 



Rnthasiri. 



Malvan. I 



Equally common with Curlew in the same localities, 

 but is, as far as I have been able to observe, much later in 

 arriving. 



880.— Machetes pugnax, Lin. 



Ratnagiri. 



I shot a solitary Ruff in winter plumage on the mud flats at 

 Ratnagiri, on the 22nd September 1879. I have not seen the 

 species before or since. 



He measured as follows: — Length, 12f ; wing, 7|; tarsus, 

 2 nearly ; tail, 2^ ; bill at front, 1 1. Irides brown ; legs 

 greenish. 



882.— Tringa subarquata, Quid. 



Ratnagiri. 



30th October 1879, Male.— Length, 8; wing, 5 ; bill, 11 at 

 front ; tarsus, 1£. 



Large flocks of Curlew Stints come in to Ratnagiri in October 

 1879, and I have since seen them in considerable numbers at 

 Malvan ; but strange to say I have never seen any in previous 

 seasons, although they are doubtless regular winter visitants. 



884.— Tringa minuta, LeisL 



Ratnagiri. j 



17th October 1879, Female. — Length, 5f; wing, 4; tarsus, 

 |; bill at front, f. 



Like the Curlew Stint, I saw numbers of the Little Stint at 

 Ratnagiri throughout last October, but had never seen it in 

 previous seasons. The earliest date on which I first observed 

 both species was the 22nd October. 



888.— Calidris arenaria, Lin. 



Malvan. | [ 



I shot a Sanderling at Malvan on a sand bank in January 

 1879, amongst a large and motley flock of Mgiliatis mongola 

 and cantiana and Tringa subarquata. It was a female mea- 

 suring — 



Length, 7£ ; wing, 4f ; tarsus, 1 ; bill, 1. Bill black ; legs 

 dusky grey. This is the only occasion on which I have seen 

 the bird. 



