60 AVES. 



Fam. Scolopacidae. 

 Sub-fam. Totanidae. 

 Gen. Tringoides. 



Tringoides hj-poleu'ca (Gr.). 



Actitis hypoleucus. 



Ping Ping (Malay name). 



Above, pale brown, the feathers on the back and tail and wing- 

 covers irregularly barred and tipped with transverse bands of a 

 darker shade of the same colour, the shafts of the quills are also of 

 a darker shade than the rest of the feathers ; some of the feathers of 

 the greater wing-covers are tipped with white ; the primaries have 

 a white patch about half-way up each quill on the inner web, ex- 

 cepting the outer one, which is plain brown throughout; the secon- 

 daries are irregularly marked with white. 

 Below, white. 

 Length, about 7^ inches. 



„ of bill, from gape, 1 inch 1 line. 



,, „ front, 11 lines. 



,, of wings, 4^ inches. 



„ of tail, 2^ inches. 



,, of thigh, about 1 inch 7 lines. 



„ of tarsus, 11 lines. 



,, of middle toe, 1 inch. 



„ of outer toe, 10 lines. 



,, of inner toe, 9 lines. 



,, of hallux, 3 1 lines. 



This Sandpiper is very abundant on the beach, congregating 

 in small flocks, and ha\ing much the habits of the Dunlin when 

 feeding. Upon being flushed, they always fly back, and settle 

 behind the intruder. In December and January they go up 

 the brooks into the jungle, probably for the puqjose of breeding. 

 We have not, however, seen theii' nests. 



Fam. Rallidas. 



Sub-fam. Gallinulinae. 

 Gen. Gallinula. 



Gallinula phoenicura (Gm.). 

 „ javanica (Horsf.). 



Above, general colour, from front to tail, dark olivaceous gray. 



Below, general colour white; lower tail -covers and long 

 feathers behind the thighs on the side of the rump rufous ; feathers 

 of the body under the wing blackish gray, a margin of which 

 colour extends up the neck, separating the white of the lower from 

 the greenish gray of the upper parts ; the white of the lower parts 



