THE BIRDS OF MONGOLIA ETC. 53 



231. LiMOSA MELANUROiDES, Gould. Verctennic. 

 Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. xxviii. 



It passes S.E. Mongolia in large numbers at the end of April ; and 

 flocks of several hundreds were seen by us there, on the shores of lakes. 

 We met with them also in the Hoang-ho valley, but only in August, in their 

 winter plumage. 



At Koko-nor the first migrants were noticed on the 22nd of March ; 

 whilst in Kan-su and Halka we did not see them at all. 



In the Lake-Hanka basin they are found breeding in rather small 

 numbers ; but large flocks were seen on the coast of the Japanese Sea, about 

 Possiet Bay, in the month of September. These birds were usually 

 frequenting the shores during the ebb, and seemed to have quite disappeared 

 in October. 



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