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two perhaps insufficiently distinguished) from China, Formosa, and Japan; and his no. 314 is 

 perhaps the supposed N. tenuirostris, ' stated to have been met with in Burmah,' according to Dr. 

 Jerdon. I have considerable doubt, however, of the latter having been other than a small-sized 

 individual of N. lineatus, a species which varies remarkably in size, quite as much so as Limosa 

 cegocephala ; and I believe that the N. arcuatulus, Hodgson (Gray's Misc. p. 86 ; B. M. Cat. 

 Hodgson's Coll. 2nd ed. p. 137), is founded on a small-sized N. lineatus. I long habitually 

 sought for the supposed N. tenuirostris among the considerable numbers of N. lineatus brought 

 to the Calcutta bazar." 



The Numenius syngenicos of Von der Miihle is considered by some naturalists to be a good 

 species. We, however, follow Professor Schlegel in believing it to be only a variety of the 

 present bird. The same author refers N. hastatus of Contarini to N. tenuirostris; but as we 

 have not had an opportunity of examining the work in which this name was published, we have 

 refrained from adding it to the list of synonyms. 



Figures of the present species have been given in Savi's ' Ornitologia Toscana,' Bonaparte's 

 ' Fauna Italica,' Roux's ' Ornithologie Provencale,' Gould's ' Birds of Europe,' Bree's ' Birds of 

 Europe,' Naumann's ' VSgel Deutschlands.' 



In the preparation of the above article we have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. Sharpe and Dresser, 

 a, b. Malta (C. A. Wright), c. South Europe. 



E Mus. Lord Lilford. 

 a. Nice, January 1859 (£.). b. Ethizeh, January 28, 1863 (S. Stafford Allen). 



E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 

 a. Asia Minor, December 19, 1867 (T. Robson). b. El Djem, Tunis, February 28, 1857 (0. Salvin). 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 



a. 6 . Constantine, February 3, 1857 (H. B. T.) . 



