434 THE BIEDS OF MONGOLIA ETC. 



settles down on the ground and begins to run, uttering all the time loud 

 cries. 



We did not find it either in Halha, Kan-su, Koko-nor, or in Tsaidam. 



212. Charadreus fulvus, Gmel. 



C. xanthocheilus, Gould^ Birds of Australia^ vi. pi. xiii. 



In the beginning of May 1871 we noticed large numbers of this species 

 during migration in S.E. MongoUa, close to Si-ins ; they kept in large flocks 

 about the newly-ploughed fields. In the following year we again met with 

 some, on the 24th of April, in the Hoang-ho valley, but found them rather 

 scarce. In autumn only a small flock was observed by us, in the beginning 

 of September, in Northern Ala-shan ; but, according to the statements of the 

 missionaries, these birds are just as common about Si-ins in autumn as they 

 are in spring. 



It does not inhabit Kan-su or Koko-nor; and only a few migrating 

 specimens pass over Lake Hanka, about the end of August. 



213. EUDROMIAS VEREDUS, Gould. 



Ibis, 1870, pi. vi. 



A very old male, shot by us in June, differs from the above plate by 

 having the whole head, throat, and neck of a pure white, with a small 

 reddish-brown spot on the nape. Again, the rusty-coloured breast is edged 

 with a black line. 



Measurements : — 





Length. 



Width. 



Wing. 



Tail 





in. 



in. 



in. 



in. 



cJ. . . 



9-2 



20 



6-56 



2-5 



?. . . 



87 



185 



6-23 



2-2 



