1863.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 317 



April and May. It has probably a long way to travel, for in winter 

 it is found throughout the Indian Archipelago and in Australia. 

 In summer its throat and neck become brick-red, and it then looks 

 much like a miniature of the Sanderling {CaUdris arenaria). I 

 have in previous lists wrongly referred this species to T. subminuta, 

 Midd. 



308. Tringa subarcuata, L. 



A specimen in full red summer plumage received from Tientsin. 

 It is also noted from Amoorland. Its migrations do not appear to 

 extend far south, for I have never met with it on the coast below 

 Shanghai. 



309. Tringa temminckii, Leisl. 



Common during the winter in South China, on the banks of in- 

 land lakes and marshes. 



310. EURINORHYNCHUS PYGM^TJS, Lath. 



A large flock of these was observed by Middendorff on the south 

 coast of the Sea of Ochotsk in July. 



311. NuMENius MiNUTus, Gould, Birds of Austr. 



N. minor, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



Smaller than N. borealis of America, and quite distinct. It is 

 noted from Amoorland and Japan, whence probably it migrates to 

 winter in Australia. A few occur occasionally on the South China 

 coast. I have a pair shot at Amoy on the 29th of April. 



312. NUMENIUS PH^OPUS, L. 



Is said to be common in India in winter, whither it probably comes 

 from Siberia, where it occurs in summer, according to Pallas and 

 Middendorff. Temminck notes having procured it from Japan. 

 Hence I include it in my list, tliough not as yet observed on the 

 Chinese coast. 



313. NuMENius UROPYGiALis, Gould, Birds of Austr. 



Procured by myself in South-west Formosa in October. Found 

 in Australia and the islands of the Indian Archipelago, in all of which 

 it probably breeds, as I have reason to suppose it does at Formosa. 

 My two specimens are identical with two from Halmaheira, sent me 

 by Professor Schlegel. It differs from the Whimbrel, N. phceopus, 

 in having a brown and white-barred rump, and forms the interme- 

 diate link between that species and the brown-and-black rumped 

 N. hudsonicus of America. 



314. NUMENIUS 1 



A species smaller than N. arcuatus, with long thin bill, allied to 

 N. tenuirostris of North Africa, is noted by Cassin (Proc. Acad. Sci. 

 Phil.) from Hakodadi, North Japan. This species has, unfortu- 



