1840.] 



of the Peninsula of India. 



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Irides dark brown ; bill brown, red at the base beneath ; legs orange 

 red. Length 14 inches; wing ^ ; tail 2| ; bill 2y3-g.ths ; tarsus 2-/-^ths, 



S52.—T. calidris, Auct. ?—Choia Butan, U.-^ Redshanks. 



As the bird I am now speaking of, is about the same length, and 

 answers nearly to the description of the European Redshanks, I have 

 for the present referred it to that bird. I have only obtained a single 

 specimen of this Sand-piper, shot at the edge of a tank in the northern 

 part of the table land. 



Irides dark brown; bill brown; legs orange red. Length 10^-11 

 inches ; wing 6 ; tail SyL-ths ; bill ly^oths ; tarsus ly8_ths. 



S5S.— T. glareola, L. 



Found in small parties, or sometimes solitary at the edges of tanks, 

 rivers, brooks and pools of water, common every where. Length 9 

 inches. 



354. — r. Ochropus. 



Almost always found solitary, occasionally in parties of 3 or 4, in the 

 same localities as the last, and still more common. 

 Length 10 inches. 



355. — Hypoleucos. 



Found solitary in similar situations with the 2 last species, but not 

 nearly so common. 



Length 8 to 8| inches ; wing 4|- ; tail 2-,2_ths ; tarsus 1 ; bill nearly 

 1 ; bill brown, greenish at base beneath ; tarsus pale green. 



Genus STREPSILAS, III— Turnstone, 



356. — S. interpres\ Auct. — Common Turnstone. 



I obtained a pair of these prettily marked birds at the tank of Jaul- 

 nah, 200 miles inland, in the month of April, and have since seen speci- 

 mens procured as far to the southward as Madras. 



Irides dark brown ; bill black ; legs orange. Length 9 inches ; wing 

 G ; tail 2-^- ; tarsus nearly 1 inch ; bill at front i^'^ths. 



Genus NUMENIUS, Briss.-- Curlew. 

 S57.—N. arquata. — Goungh, R.— Curlew. 



I obtained a single specimen of the Curleiv at the edge of a tank, near 



