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two young birds with their parents near Myingyan on the 10th July 1900 and 

 found a nest containing four fresh eggs on the 1st June 1901 at Kanna tank. 

 1452. Recurvirostra avoceta. — The Avocet. 

 Each winter a flock or two may be seen on the sandbanks of the Irrawaddy 

 or Chindwin rivers. 



1454. Numenius arquata.—The Curlew. 

 A common bird on the river during the cold weather and not at all rare 

 during the summer. I have seen them on the almost fir oded islands in the 

 Irrawady during July and August when they were almost invariably in pairs. 

 1456. Limosa helgica — The Black-tailed Godwit. 

 I have a note of having shot and identified one of two birds seen on Paung- 

 h'n lake on the 14th May 1900. Paunglin is in the Minbu district adjoining 

 Myingyan. I shot one out of a flock of 6 or 7 birds on Yuabe jheel on the 1 1th 

 January 1903. 



1460. Totanus hypoleucus. — The Common Sandpiper. 

 Local name " Ye' hnaung ". Common in the cold weather. 



1461. Totanus g! areola.— The Wood Sandpiper. 



Local name for all sandpipers is " Yehnaung". This, with the next five 

 specie3, are all found in the district during the cold weather, but in what pro- 

 portional quantities I am unable to say. 



1462. Totanus ochropus.— The Green Sandpiper. 



I have shot this bird and seen others on the 11th August, These were 

 residents I believe. 



1463. Totanus stagnatilis. — The Marsh Fandpiper or Little Greenshank, 

 Vide No. 1461. 



1464. Totanus calidr is. —The Redshank. 

 Common during the cold weather. Its plaintive call is frequently heard at 



night. 



1465. Totanus fuscus. — The Spotted Redshank. 



Vide No. 1461. 



1466. Totanus glottis. — The Greenshank. 

 Shot and identified on the Kanna jheels. Probably plentiful. The call is 

 similar to that of the Redshank. 



1469. Culidris arenaria.— The Sanderling. 

 Although said by Blanford to be a bird of the sea coast, I shot one among 

 some grey plover on the Irrawady near Myingyan on the 11th November 1902. 

 1472. Tringa rufieollis. — The Eastern Little Stint. 

 Not in great numbers. 



1473. Tringa submimta.— The Long-toed Stint. 

 Idem No. 1472. 



1482. Scolopax rusticula. — The Woodcock. 

 Mr. Carey has informed me that woodcock have been met with in the dis- 

 trict near Pyinzi, but I have not come across any myself. 



1484. Gallinago coslestis. — The Fantail Snipe. 

 Local name " Ye ngon". Our snipe season here commences about the 

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