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876.—Terekia cinerea, Gmel. 
The Avoset Sand-piper was by no means abundant. I only 
saw two or three specimens feeding along with Stints and Sand- 
plovers on the mud flats near Elephant Point. A male bird 
shot in January measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 9'2; expanse, 16°75; tail from vent, 2:2; wing, 
5:25; tarsus, 1°15; bill from gape, 2°25. 
Irides, dark brown ; basal third of bill orange dusky, thence 
shading into dusky black for the remainder of its length; legs 
and feet, bright yellow ; claws, black. 
877.—Numenius lineatus, Cuv. 
This species was extremely abundant all along the coast from 
Elephant Point to China-Ba-keer, as well as along the eastern 
shore of the mouth of the Rangoon river. They were nearly 
always met with in parties varying from four or five to forty 
or fifty. They were always excessively wary and difficult to 
approach. The male bird is smaller than the female, more par- 
ticularly in the length of bill. A male bird, shot near the 
Eastern Grove light house in February, measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 21:5; expanse, °38; tail from vent, 4:5; wing 
11°1; tarsus, 3°1; bill from gape, 5°2. 
A female shot in January at Deserter’s Creek measured in 
the flesh :— 
Length, 243; expanse, 40°75; tail from vent, 4°5; wing, 
11:2; tarsus, 3°6; bill from gape, 7:2. 
Trides, dark brown; upper mandible, dusky black; lower 
mandible, dirty pinky ; white at base; remainder, dusky black ; 
legs and feet, livid slaty grey. 
878.—Numenius pheeopus, Liz. 
The Whimbrel, although abundant, did not occur in such 
large numbers as /ineatus. It was for the most part solitary, 
but I have also met with in small parties of five or six. A male 
bird shot, on the banks near the mouth of the Rangoon river, 
measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 17°5.; expanse, 28 ; tail from vent, 3°8; wing, 9°2 ; 
tarsus, 2°4; bill from gape, 3:8. 
Trides, dark brown; upper mandible, dusky black ; basal 
two-thirds of lower mandible, fleshy white, terminal third 
dusky black ; legs and feet, ashy grey. 
881 bis.—Tringa crassirostris, Tem. et Schleg.—(Vide 
S.F., 1, 240.) 
This species was apparently rare. I only obtained a single 
specimen which I shot on the sands near China-Ba-keer. 
