88 THE BIRDS OF MONGOLIA ETC. 



233 TOTANUS GLAREOLA. 



Common in S.E. Mongolia about the end of April, when migrating, and 

 is plentiful in summer in the Hoang-ho valley. We did not find it in 

 Kan-su and Koko-nor, but several times observed it in Gobi, about small 

 rain-puddles. 



Is extremely common about Lake Hanka during the spring migration, 

 v\4iich commences in the latter part of April and lasts until the middle of 

 May. The autumnal migration takes place in August; and although T. 

 glareola has been found breeding on the Ussuri, it never came under my 

 observation in summer anywhere about Hanka. 



234. ToTANUS CALiDRis, L. UUt nttstojashchey. 



Breeds sparingly in the Hoang-ho valley and about the shores of small 

 rivers in S.E. Mongoha, whither it migrates in the end of March, about which 

 time it was also numerous at Koko-nor, and in August, during migration, 

 about the rain-puddles in Gobi. We did not find it in the Ussuri country. 



235. ToTANrs fuscus, L. Ulif temney. 



We met wdth this species in S.E. Mongoha during the spring migration, 

 in the end of March. At Lake Hanka it arrives early in March, but is not 

 common until the beginning of April (when it for some time keeps in small 

 flocks), and does not stop here to breed. 



236. ToTANUs Gi.oTTis, L. UUt holshoy. 



Is an occasional visitor to the Hoang-ho, and a migrant through Gobi 



about the end of August. We did not observe it anywhere else in Mongolia. 



It appears in limited numbers at Lake Hanka late in April ; and single 



