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Leimonites minuta ruficollis (Pallas). 



Trynga ruficollis Pallas, Reis. Russ. Reichs, III, 1776, p. 700. 



Tringa albescens Temminck, PL Col. 4.1, f. 2, 1824. — Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 315. 



Limonitts ruficollis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1S96, p. 545. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 496, Q, Merauke, 9 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 N 3 . 509, Ç, Merauke, 12 November 1907. Iris brown, bill and feet black. 



Spécimens in winter plumage. Wing 96 and 99, tarso-met. 18 and 19, middle toe and 

 claw 18 and 19 mm. 



Heteropygia acinninatus (Horsfield). 



Totanus acuminatus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XIII, 1821, p. 192. 

 Tringa acuminata, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 313. 

 Heteropygia acuminata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 566. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 494, Ç, Merauke, 8 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet pale grey. 

 N°. 495, rf, Merauke, 8 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet pale grey. 



Terekia ci?ierea (Gùldenstàdt). 



Scolopax cinerea Gùldenstàdt, Nov. Comm. Petropoli, XIX, 1774, p. 473 pi. 19. 



Terekia cinerea, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 326. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 474. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N = . 498, rf, Merauke, n November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet brown-yellow. 

 N°. 499, rf, Merauke, n November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet brown-yellow. 



Spécimens in winter plumage. 



Glottis littorea (L.). 



Tringa littorea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. X, 1758, p. 149. 

 Totanus canescens, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 325. 

 Glottis nebularius, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 481. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 506, rf, Merauke, 12 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet greyish yellow. 



Spécimen in winter dress. 



Himantopus leucocephalas Gould. 



Himantopus leucocephalas Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, p. 26. — Salvadori, Orn. 

 Pap. III, 1882, p. 309. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 317. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 488, Ç ad., Merauke, 6 November 1907. Iris orange, bill black, feet pale red. 

 N°. 489, Q juv., Merauke, 6 November 1907. Iris orange, bill black, feet pale red. 

 N°. 490, Q juv., Merauke, 6 November 1907. Iris orange, bill black, feet pale red. 

 N°- 5°3, cf ad., Merauke, n November 1907. Iris wax-red, bill black, feet violet-red. 



