A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF PEGU. “239 
370.—Gallinago gallinaria, Gm.* (871.) 
Less common than the preceding, arriving much later. 
371.—Rhynchea bengalensis, Lin.t (873.) 
Tolerably common in suitable localities. 
372.—Pseudoscolopax semipalmatus, Jerd. (874.) 
Of this rare wader I have only been able to shoot two speci-= 
mens. This was near Kyeikpadein on the 29th September. 
I never met with it again. They were apair. The male 
stillshewed a good deal of the breeding plumage; the breast 
and flanks being rufous, as well as the edges of the back 
and scapular feathers. The female was in winter plumage 
with no trace of rufous. 
The male and female measured :—Length, 13:5, 13°43 
expanse, 23, 21°5; tail, 2°9, 2°53 wing, 7°, 6:8; tarsus, 2°05 ; 
bill from gape, 2°9, 3°25. 
The bill is black, turning to plumbeous at base; iris dark 
brown; legs and toes dark plumbeous ; claws black. 
They were feeding on the banks of a small pool, and were, 
as far as I could see, probing the mud with their bills. The 
white on the wing is very conspicuous when the bird is flying. 
373.—Limosa egocephala, Lin. (875.) 
Abundant in the Sittang and the Canal and adjacent creeks.§ 
The 11th May is the latest date I have seen them. 
374.—Terekia cinerea, Giild. (876.) 
Dr. Armstrong procured this species at Elephant Point. 
375.—Numenius lineatus, Cuv. (877.) 
Not uncommon in Lower Pegu.|| Captain Feilden found if 
at Thyetmyo. 
* Must stand as G@. celestis, Frenzl.—Ep., S. F. 
t Add 872.—Gallizago gallinula, Lin. 
This species certainly occurs in Pegu, as I had a specimen sent me shot some- 
where near the mouth of the Bassein river in Pegu. I note too that, though he now 
excludes this species, Mr. Oates himself formerly said of it referring to Upper Pegu: 
“A single specimen is occasionally killed, but it is very far from common,” III, 
182). I find too that I had two notes for ‘The Game Birds”—one that a Jack Snipe 
was killed about seven years ago near Rangoon, and another of one being killed near 
Tounghoo. It is doubtless extremely rare, but there can be no question that the 
bird has occurred as a straggler in many parts of Pegu—Eb., S. F. 
{ Must stand as R. capensis, Lin.—Kp., § 
§ And I have received it from the Bassein estuary.—Ep., S. F. 
|| Very common all along the coast line, and in its neighbourhood from the 
Bassein river to the Sittang—Ep., 8, Fy 
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