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from gape, 1:8; closed wings fall short of tail, 0:9 ; weight, 
4:20z. Bill, brownish black, base of lower mandible, deep 
orange red; irides, dark brown ; legs and feet, dull reddish 
orange ; claws, black. 
(3.) Two females, shot near Yarkand in April and June, 
measured and weiyhed.—Length, 11°75 to 11°9; expanse 20°25 
to 20°8; wing, 6°35 to 6°5; tail, 2°7 to 3; tarsus, 1:9 to 21; 
bill, from gape, 1°85 to 2:0; closed wings fall short of tail, 
0:2 to 0°3; weight, 4°75oz. 
Bill, black, red at base; legs and feet, orange red ; claws, 
black. 
(4.) 2. Juv. Yarkand, 14th June.—Length, 10°8; expanse, 
19:4; wing, 5°9; tail, 25; tarsus, 2; bill, from gape, 1°65; 
closed wings fall short of tail, 0°45; bare portion of tibia, 
1:1; weight, 3°80z. Bull, black at tip, greenish slaty at base ; 
irides, dark brown; legs and feet, greenish yellow; claws, 
black. 
A younger specimen than the above had the bill black at tip, 
dusky grey at base, the irides very dark brown and the legs 
and feet dull orange fleshy. 
The first specimen of the Redshank was obtained at Kashghar 
in November, where it was tolerably common. After that it 
was not met with until March; and in May and June this 
species swarmed everywhere near water in the vicinity of 
Yarkand. The bird was also found in the valley of the 
Karakash, towards the end of August. 
This species breeds from April to June. On the 22nd April 
three of its eggs were obtained, which seem very large for the 
size of the bird: they measure 1°8 by 1:23 ; 1°78 by 1:22; and 
1:76 by 1:21. In shape they are moderately broad ovals, a 
good deal compressed and lengthened out at one end. They 
have a very faint gloss. The ground color is grey stone; with 
spots, a few streaks, and numerous blotches of blackish brown 
and sepia, scattered pretty evenly over the whole surface of the 
ego, except at the point, where the spots only occur sparingly. 
898.—Himantopus intermedius, Blyth. 
Three males measured and weighed.—Length, 14°8 to 15: 2; 
expanse, 28° to 31:6; wing, 96 to 10°2; tail, 2°9 to 33; 
tarsus, 4°8 to 5; bare portion of tibia, 3°3 to 3 Bs bill, from 
gape, 2°7 to 3: 0; closed wings exceed tail, 21 to 2: 3% weight, 
4:5oz. to 6°5o0z. Bill, black ; irides, blood ae legs and ‘feet, rd 
and pinkish red ; claw rs, dusky black. 
Three females measured and weighed.—Length, 14:0 to 149 ; 
expanse, 28 to 29; wing, 9:0 to 9°5; tail, 3-0 to 3° 5; tarsus, 
4 to 4:7; bare por tion of tibia, 2°5 to 9g. 8; bill, from gape, 2°6 
to 2°8; wings exceed tail, 1°3 to 2:0; weight, Boz. to 5:50z. 
