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Numenius variegatus, Salvad. (Eastern Whimbrel). 



Tantalus variegatus, Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. 

 p. 92 (1786). 



Numenius variegatus, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. iii. 332 (1882). 



Eastern Siberia, Burma, Tenasserim, Selangore, Singapore, 

 Japan, Corea, South China, Formosa, Negros, Cebu, Luzon, 

 Sula Islands, Borneo, Celebes, Sangir, Sido, Tukang-Besi Islands, 

 Buru, Great Banda, Ceram, Tenimber Islands, Flores, Babar, 

 Dama, Aru Islands, Ke Doulan, Gilolo, New Guinea, Mysol, 

 Morty, Jobi, Admiralty Islands, Duke of York Island, New 

 Britain, Pelew Islands, Matalotas Island, Uap, Lukunor, Buk, 

 Ponape, Ualan, New Caledonia, Vanua, Levu, Australia, Lord 

 Howe Island, Tasmania, New Zealand. 



Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst. (Marsh Greenshank). 

 Totanus stagnatilis, Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 292 

 (1803). 



Northern, Central, and Southern Europe (accidental in Heli- 

 goland), Africa (south to Orange Biver), Asia Minor, Arabia, 

 South Persia, North-west, North-east, and South India, Ceylon, 

 Burma, Pegu, Tenasserim, Turkestan, Siberia, Dauria, Man- 

 churia, Japan, China, Formosa, Malay Archipelago (Java, Great 

 Banda), East and South-east Australia. 



The egg has been described in several ornithological works.* 



Heteractitis brevipes, Vieill. (Grey-rumped Sandpiper). 

 Totanus brevipes, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. p. 410 

 (1816). 



Heteractitis brevipes, Stejn., Orn. Expl. Kami 137 (1885). 



Eastern Siberia, Japan, China, Formosa, Liu-Kiu Islands, 

 Cebu, Negros, Leyte, Bohol, Mindanao, Ladrone Islands (Gr. R. 

 Gray), Borneo, Celebes, Tukang-Besi Islands, Banda Islands > 

 Dama, Moloe, Batchian, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Duke of 

 York Island, West Island (Torres Straits), Wednesday Island, 

 North-east Australia. 



Tringoides hypoleucus, L. (Common Sandpiper). 

 Tringa hypoleucus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (1766). 

 Europe (occurs in Corsica), Africa to southern extremity, 



* Dresser, ' Manual of PaUearctic Birds,' p. 788. 



