460 BIEDS OF TENASSEMM. 



875.— Limosa aegocephala, Lin. (l). 



Moulinein. 



A single specimen, perhaps an accidental straggler, obtained 

 near Moulmein ; observed nowhere else. Ramsay also says 

 " I only once saw this Godwit in Burmah." 



876— Terekia cinerea, Quid. (10). - 



Thatone ; Amherst ; Tayoy. 



Tound along the coasts and creeks of the central portions of 

 the province, but rare even there. 



877.— Numenius lineatus, Cuv. (8). 



Sittang E. ; Amherst ; Tavoy ; Shymotee ; Mergui. 



Pretty common everywhere along and in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the coast. 



[This species is not uncommon about the estuaries of the 

 larger rivers, especially close to the sea. The greater number 

 leave by the end of April, but I have seen numbers in the 

 Tavoy Estuary about Crab and Long Island in June, July, and 

 quite" up to the end of August, and about Mergui and Male- 

 woon to the end of July. At Pabyin, near Mergui, I found 

 that, when the tide rose, numbers of these birds, and a few 

 Wbimbrel, came inland to a large swamp to feed, returning to 

 the sea coast when the tide ebbed. I have always found them 

 shy and difficult to approach. Their clear whistle is well known. 

 I have seen them in the Pakchan. — W. D.] 



878.— Numenius phseopus, Lin. (9). 



Sittang R. ; Thatone ; Amherst ; Long Island ; Crab Island ; Mergui ; Kolan 

 jsland. 



Occurs, but rather sparingly, along and near the coast 

 throughout the province. 



[I have noticed this bird about the Tavoy River as late as the 

 end of July. It is quite as shy as the Curlew. I have seen 

 this also in the Pakchan. — W. D.] 



880.— Machetes pugnax, Lin. (1). 



Sittang R. 



Observed and shot on one single occasion only. 



882.— Tringa subarquata, Quid. (3). 



Moulmein ; Amherst ; Mergui. 



Occurs along the coast everywhere, but is rare, compara- 

 tively speaking. 



