1840.] 



of the Penmsufa of India. 



201) 



earliest in the season, the colour of the back is most intense brown, and 

 the feathers are broadly edged with rufous. The neck and head too are 

 tinctured with rufous ; tail ashy pale brown, some of the centre feathers 

 "barred at the tip with black and white. 



Length 12-13 inches ; bill 1 -^V ; 2| ; wing 7| ; tarsus 2 ; legs 

 fleshy, ochrey colour ; weight about 6j ounces. 



SAS.— T. Indica.^Tot Indicus, Gray and Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool, ? ? 



This very closely resembles the last, and indeed only differs in size, 

 weighing little more than half of the last. As, however, I have found it 

 of the same size throughout all the cold weather, and the species of 

 Sand-piper in general are very uniform in size, I have ventured to place 

 it as a distinct species. 



Length 9|- 1 0|; wing 6; tail 2/^; bill tarsus ly'V; weight 



about 3| to 4 ounces. 



344. — 3". suharcuata f 



I have only seen this Tringa once or twice, frequenting the sides of 

 tanks in the northern part of the Peninsula. 



Length about 8 inches ; wing 4 -6^. ; tail 2 ; tarsus rather more than 1 ; 

 bill deep black j legs greenish brown. 



345. — pusilla f.^Chota pun-loJia, H. 



I have found this bird all over India, frequenting rivers, sides of tanks, 

 and inundated paddy-fields, in numerous flocks. 



Bills and legs black ; irides dark brown. Length 6 inches ; wing 3 

 j.8g.ths, a little longer than the tail, which is somewhat above 1 ^ ; bill 

 at front ^^ths; tarsus -9- ths. 



346. — T. Temmmckuj Leister? 



Not nearly so common, I think, as the last species, to which" it is 

 closely allied, and has the same habits. 



Bill greenish at the base, black at the tip ; legs green, with a tinge of 

 reddish. Length 6| ; wing 3 _8_ ; tail nearly 2 ; bill ; tarsus ^iths. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS, Briss. and Swains. 

 Sub Genus RECURVIROSTRA, L. AvoseU 

 347.— i?. i4wce?/a.— European AvoseU 



