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Gape. 



Tarsus. 



Hind toe 





in. 



in. 



in. 



6. . . 



0-9 



1-8 



0-8 



s. . . 



0-88 



1-66 



0-82 



We occasionally met with this species in S.E. Mongolia, breeding on 

 the salt-plains, sometimes at great distances from the water. It is very shy, 

 even if with young ; and on perceiving danger it runs a certain distance, and 

 then suddenly stops to look back, and again begins to run. When pressed 

 hard it takes to wing, flying very fast, but close to the ground, and very 

 rarely for great distances. 



214. ^GiALiTES cuRONicus, Besck. Snek rechnoy. 



Breeds occasionally in S.E. Mongolia, in the neighbourhood of small 

 rivers and mountain- streams. We found its nests in Ordos and Ala-shan, 

 but did not meet with any birds in Kan-su and about Koko-nor. The first 

 spring migrants arrived at Dalai-nor on the 9th of April. 



This species is extremely rare about Lake Hanka. 



215. ^Egialites cantianus, Lath. Sneh primorsky. 



Was met with throughout Mongolia and about Koko-nor, usually in 

 small flocks of from three to seven specimens, on the shores of saltwater 

 lakes, where it probably breeds. In spring it appears in S.E. Mongoha and 

 about Koko-nor in the end of March. 



216. Glareola orientalis. Leach. Tirkushka vostochnaya, 



Gould^ Birds of Australia,, vi. pi. xxiii. 



This eastern representative of our G, pratincola was found by us only in 



