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are concolorous with the other upper- parts, and its primaries are not varied 

 with pale notches on the inner webs. Its nearest affinities are with N. horealis 

 of America which differs by its somewhat larger size and shorter tarsus (the 

 wing being about 4V2 times the length of it as against about 3V2 times in 

 minittus). The hinder side of the tarsus of N. horealis is covered with small 

 reticulate scales, that of minutus is described by H. Seebohm as being trans- 

 versely scutellated behind as in front, but we find this character to be variable. 

 Dr. R. B. Sharp e separates N. minutus generically on account of the scaling of 

 the tarsus. 



^ 340. NUMENIUS VARIEGATUS (Scop.). 



Oriental Whimbrel. 



a. Le Courlis tachete de I'lsle de Lucon (I) Sonn., Voy. Nouv. Gruin. 1776, 85, pi. 48. 



b. Tantalus variegatus (1) Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. 1786, 11, 92, Nr. 78. 



c. Numenius luzoniensis (1) Gm., S. N. 1788, I, 656; (2) Dresser, B. Europe VTH, 245 



(1873); (S) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 911. 



d. Numenius phaeopus (nee Linn.); (1) Pall, Zoogr. Rosso-As. 1811, 11, 169; (2j S. Mull., 



Verh. Natuurk. Comm. 1839—43, 22; (3) id., Reize Ind. Archip. 1858, II, 13; (4) 

 Schlegel, Mus. P.-B., Scolopaces, 1864, 97, pt.; (5) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, Vm, 

 96; (6) Rosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 278; (7) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 142; (8) Rosenb., 

 Zool. Garten 1881, 167; "? (9j Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1884, XLEU, 119; 

 (10) Steere, List Coll. B. & M. Philipp. 1890, 26; (11) Seeb., B.Japan 1890, 316; 

 (12) Vord., N. T. Ned. Lid. 1891, L, 516; (13) id.. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1891, 129; 

 (14) id., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, LIV, 352. 



e. Numenius uropygialis (1) Gld., P. Z. S. 1840, 175; (11) id., B. Austr. 1848, VI, pi. 43; 



(3) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1876, IX, 63; (4) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 

 56; (5) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 560; (6) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 20. 

 Numenius variegatus (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1882, XVHI, 330; (2) id., Orn. Pap. 

 1882, ni, 332; (3) Meyer, Isis 1884, 6; (4) W. Bias., Omis 1888, 629; (5) Rams., 

 Tab. List 1888, 20; (6) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 209; (7) W. Blasius, 

 J. f. 0. 1890, 145; (8) Styan, Ibis 1891, 508; (9) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 

 204; (10) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1892, 66; (11) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 501; 

 (12) Buttik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1892, 204; (13) Meyer, t. c. 265; (14) M. & Wg., 

 J. f. 0. 1894, 252; (15) iid., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 18; (16) Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. 1896, XXIV, 361, 754. 



f. Numenius phaeopus variegatus (1) Stejn., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, Nr. 29, p. 138; 



(2) Seeb., Distr. Charadr. 1887, 330; (3) Tacz., Faune Om. Sib. Orient. 1893, H, 



943. 

 "Krombek", (Dutch) Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 

 "Totupo", Gorontalo?, Rosenb. rf (J. 

 "Bararang", Gt. Sangi and Siao, Nat. Coll. 

 "Bararanga" (a general name for Shore-birds), Talaut, iid. 

 For further synonymy and references of. Salvadori 2. 9; Stejneger /'i; Taczanowski f 3'^ 



Sharpe 16. 

 Figure and descriptions. Gould e 71; Salvadori 2; Taczanowski f 3; Sharpe 16; etc. 

 Adult (winter). Above dark brown (bistre), the feathers of mantle and scapulary region with 



pale edges, spreading out on the longer scapulars and tertiaries into ill-defined pale 



