OF EASTERN TURKESTAN. 189 
closed wings fall short of tail, 0°75; weight, 1:4 0z. Bill, 
brownish black; base of lower mandible, brownish yellow ; 
irides, blackish brown; legs and feet, dull greenish; claws, 
black. 
Young bird shot in marshy ground near Gulgun Shah, 30th 
August.—Length, 6; expanse, 12; wing, 3°8; tail, 2:2; tarsus, 
0°75; closed wings fall short of tail, 0°35; weight, 0°7 oz. 
Bill, brownish black; base of lower mandible, greenish ; irides, 
dark brown; legs and feet, dull greenish; claws, black. 
The Common Sandpiper was not. obtained in the plains of 
Kashgharia, but was often observed, on the return journey in 
August, near the pebbly banks of the Arpalak and Sanju streams. 
Further up, in the mountains, it was seen daily along the banks 
of the Karakash river and on small swamps near that stream. 
The occurrence of the young bird, noted above, at Gulgun Shah, 
seems to prove that this species breeds in Hastern Turkestan. 
894.—Totanus canescens (glottis), Gmel. 
A specimen of the Greenshanks was obtained at Kashgehar, in 
October ; its bill, from gape to tip, measured 2°6 inches. Another 
specimen was shot on the 30th August 1875 on swampy ground 
near the Karakash river at Gulgun Shah; it was a solitary bird, 
and the following particulars were noted on its ticket at the time : 
g. Length, 13°35; expanse, 23°3; wing, 7°65; tail, 3°75; 
tarsus, 2°35; bill, from gape, 2°45; weight, 4°850z. 
Bill—basal half plumbeous, distal half black ; irides, brown ; 
legs and feet, slaty grey and greenish yellow in different parts ; 
claws, black; the closed wings reach to the end of the tail. 
The Yarkandi bird-catchers give the following account of 
this species: It is always found either near running water or 
near pools and swamps; it disappears entirely in winter, but 
breeds in Eastern Turkestan in summer; the nest is placed in 
short grass in the midst of water and the eggs are nearly as 
large as a pigeon’s. 
The Turki name for the Greenshanks is Mashak yamgurchi, 
which may be rendered in French by Chat pluvier. 
897.—Totanus calidris, Linn. 
(1.) Three males, shot at Yarkand in March and April, 
measured and weighed.—Length, 11 to 12; expanse, 19°5 to 21 ; 
wing, 6°45 to 6°55; tail, 2-9 to 3; tarsus, 1°85 to 2:05; bill, 
from gape, 1°83 to 2; closed wings exceed tail, 0:2 to 0°3; 
weight, 3°850z. to 4°50z.; middle toe, 1:15 to 1:2; its claw, 
0:2 to 0°25. Bill, black, orange at base; legs and feet, orange 
to orange red ; claws, black ; irides, brown. 
(2.) g. Juv. Oibuk (11,500 feet), 24th August.—Length, 
10°9; expanse, 18:5; wing, 5°9; tail, 2:8; tarsus, 1°9 ; bill, 
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