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rounded, the outer feathers about two inches shorter than those of 

 the centre. In another specimen of this species (probably a young 

 bird) the general black colour is not quite so glossy ; the tail 

 feathers, too, are slightly and imperfectly barred with dusky white 

 markings. 



Length, 1 foot 5 inches. 



,, of bill, from gape, nearly 1^ inch. 



,, ,, front, 1 inch 3 lines. 



„ of wings, 8| inches. 



,, of tail, 8 inches. 



„ of tarsus, 1 inch 3 lines. 



„ of middle toe, 1 inch 9 lines. 



,, of versatile toe, 1 inch b lines. 



,, of inner toe, 1 inch 1 line. 



„ of hallux, 10 lines. 



One of the specimens of this bird which we have obtained, 

 was shot among the limestone rocks of Pulan Burong, while 

 feeding on the fruit of a dw^arf-trailing ficus. The Malays call 

 it Tiung Batu, or rock mina. From this it would appear that 

 it generally frequents rocks. It is called mina, probably from 

 its resemblance to the mina grackle. 



Order Gralla. 



Fam. Charadriada;. 

 Sub-fam. Charadrinffi. 

 Gen. Squatarola. 



Squa tarda Helvetica (■'). 

 Tringa squatarola (Linn.) (?). 



Above, brown, the feathers tipped, and more or less barred with 

 white, so as to give a spotted appearance to tlie plumage ; wings the 

 same ; primaries dark brown. Tail white, barred with brown. 



Below, white, the throat slightly speckled and streaked with 

 black ; long flank feathers below the wing, black ; in some speci- 

 mens, which are probably in immature plumage, the breast and 

 throat is irregularly marked with blotches of black. 

 Beak and legs black. 

 Length, about 13| inches. 



,, of bill, from gape, 1^ inch. 

 „ „ front, I5 inch. 



,, of wings, 7^ inches. 

 „ of tail, 3 inches. 

 „ of thigh, 2| inches. 

 ,, of tarsus, 1 inch 10 lines. 

 ,, of middle toe, 1 inch 5 lines. 

 ,, of outer toe, 1 inch 1 line. 



