284 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



*Numenms phseopus variegatus. 



Niimenius jyhceopus variegatus (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. 

 p. 361 (1896) ; van Oort, p. 60 (1909). 



This eastern form of the Whimbrel was met with at 

 Merauke. 



" On the lower reaches of the Mimika below Wakatimi 

 many Whiml)rels were seen on the mud-banks and at the 

 edge of the mangrove-swamps, but all were very wild, and 

 the only one shot was not secured.'^ — C. H. B. G. 



Totamis hjrpoleucus. 



Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p. 456 

 (1896). 



Tringa liypoleuca Hoths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 482 

 (1913). 



a, &, ? et ? imm. Mouth of the Mimika River, 16th 

 Dec. 1910 & 14th March, 1911. [Nos. 156, 1162, C. H. B. G.] 



c,d. S. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 22nd Nov. 1910. 

 [Nos. 1540, 1541, G. C. S.'\ 



e,f. S ? imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 29th Nov. 1910 

 & 5tii Jan. 1911. [Nos. 615, 883, C.H.B. G.'] 



g. 1$ . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 19th Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.-] 



" The Common Sandpiper was constantly observed on the 

 coast. It was very tame, and would usually run away in 

 front ©f one at a distance of a few feet only. Inland only 

 a few were seen, three or four at Parimau and one at the 

 Iwaka River/^— 0. H. B. G. 



Totanus glareola. 



Rhyacopliilus glareola (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. pp. 49l, 

 764(1896). 



a,h. ? . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 22nd & 23rd Aug. 

 1910. [Nos. 2 & 17, C. H. B. G.'] 



Iris hazel ; bill ashy, dark at the tip ; feet greenish-ochre. 



" Wood- Sand pipers were sparingly observed in August 

 at Wakatimi, where they were flushed from the swampy 

 holes in the clearing at the back pf the camp.'" — C. H. B. G. 



