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has more white on the tail, especially on the outer feathers. Winter 

 visitant to south coast of China, thence to the Indian Archipelago. 

 Found in summer at Talienwan. Extends up the coast of Mant- 

 churia to northern latitudes in summer, at which season it also occurs 

 in Japan. 



270. HjEMATOpus niger, Pall. 



Kurile Isles, Sagalien, and Sea of Ochotsk. 



271. Recurvirostra avocetta, L. 



Winter visitant to South China. Summers probably in North 

 China and Amoorland. 



272. Totanus glottis, L. 

 T. glottoides, Vigors. 



Visits the coasts of China, Japan, and Formosa in winter. 



273. Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst. 



Rare on the Chinese coast. Seen occasionally during winter on 

 the coast in small flocks. A specimen procured in Formosa. It 

 also appears to be rare on the coasts of North-eastern Asia ; for.Mid- 

 dendorft" procured it only once on the shores of the Sea of Ocholsk. 



274. Totanus fuscus, L. 



Winter visitant to south coast. Specimens procured at Macao and 

 Tientsin. 



275. Totanus calidris, L. 



Commoner than the last in winter, though both somewhat rare. 

 Specimen procured in Formosa. 



276. Totanus glareola, Gmel. 



Common in small flocks in marshy places in September and Octo- 

 ber in South China, just arrived from the north, and evidently bound 

 to more southerly latitudes. Disappears in winter, and returns late 

 in spring, bound north. Never seen on the coast. 



277. Totanus affinis, Horsf. 



I procured one of this species out of a small party in a rice-field near 

 Amoy, on the 12th of September 1859. The flight and note of the 

 bird struck me as peculiar at the time. It is most nearly allied to 

 T. glareola, from which it is at once distinguished by the deep olive- 

 tint of the upper parts, the head and back being destitute of spots, 

 by the few whitish spots of its wing-coverts and tertiaries, which are, 

 on the other hand, spotted with black, in these respects resembling 

 T. ochrojms. The tail, however, is closer to that of T. glareola ; 

 but the central feathers are more olive, and with few white markings. 

 The breast is washed on the sides with olive-brown, and has no spots. 

 The tarsus is shorter than in either T. glareola or T. ochropus, as 

 also the bill. Mr. Tristram agrees with me in considering it a good 

 species. It has also considerable affinity with T. hypoleuctis. 



