344 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
891.—Actitis glareola, Gmel. 
The spotted Sandpiper was tolerably abundant on the Sand- 
banks between Elephant Point and China-Ba-keer. A male 
specimen recorded in the flesh measured :— 
Length, 9°15; expanse, 14°75 ; tail from vent, 2°1; wing, 4°8 ; 
tarsus, 1°5; bill from gape, 1°45. 
A female measured in the flesh :— 
Leneth, 8°3; expanse, 14°5; tail from vent, 2; wing, 4°89; 
tarsus, 1°55; bill from gape, 1:3. 
In both the irides were dark brown; bill, dusky black, except 
near base where it was greenish; legs and feet, slaty green. 
893.—Tringoides hypoleucos, Lin. 
The common Sandpiper was not very abundant anywhere. 
It was usually met with in small parties in cultivated land and 
ploughed fields and on the margins of tanks and jheels. The 
following is a resumé of the dimensions of several specimens 
recorded in the flesh :— 
Length, 7°6 to 8; expanse, 13 to 13°8; tail from vent, 2°2 to 
2°45; wing, 4°2 to 4:3; tarsus, °92 to 1; bill from gape, 
1:05 to 1:2. 
Trides, brown ; legs and feet, greenish brown. 
894.—Totanus canescens, Gel. 
This species was very abundant in all the jheels and along 
the margins of the mud flats in the vicinity of Elephant 
Point. They were usually solitary, but were frequently met 
with in parties of three or four. The measurements of several 
male specimens recorded in the flesh show the following 
result :— 
Length, 13:2 to 14:25; expanse, 22 to 23°5; tail from 
vent, 3'2 to 3°5; wing, 7:4 to 7°8; tarsus, 2°5 to 2°62; bill 
from gape, 2°3 to 2-4. 
The females are somewhat smaller. A specimen of this sex 
measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 13°25; expanse, 21°6; tail from vent, 3:1; wing, 
7°15 ; tarsus, 225; bill from gape, 2°32. 
In all the irides were dark brown ; bill, dusky black ; legs and 
feet, slate green ; claws, black ; length of mid-toe and claw, 1:5. 
894 bis.—Totanus Haughtoni, Nobis, Sp. Nov. . 
Amongst the numerous varieties of shore birds, killed on 
the sand and mud flats, between Elephant Point and China- 
Ba-keer, is one, of which I have secured two specimens, 
which appear to be new to ornithology. 
