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AVES. 
Fam. Scolopacida;, 
Sub-fain. Totanida;. 
Gen. Ti’ingoides. 
Tringoides hypoleuca (6r.). 
Actitis hypoleucus. 
Ping Ping (Malay name). 
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Above, pale browu, the feathers on the back and tail and wing- 
covers irregularly barred and tipped with transverse bands of a 
darker shade of the same colour, the shafts of the quills are also of 
a darker shade than the rest of the feathers ; some of the feathers of 
the greater wing-covers are tipped with white ; the primaries have 
a \vhite patch about halfway up each quill on the inner w'eh, ex- » 
cepting the outer one, which is plain brown throughout ; the secon- 
daries are irregularly mai’ked with white. 
Below, white. 
Length, about inches, 
„ of bill, from gape, 1 inch 1 line, 
„ „ front, 11 lines. 
,, of wdngs, 4:1 inches. 
,, of tail, ‘2;^ inches. 
„ of thigh, about 1 inch 7 lines. 
„ of tarsus, 11 hues. 
„ of middle toe, 1 inch. 
„ of outer toe, 10 lines. 
„ of inner toe, 9 lines. 
,, of hallux, 3| lines. 
This Sandpiper is very abundant on the beach, congi'cgating 
in small flocks, and having much the habits of the Dunlin w hen 
feeding. Upon being flushed, they always fly back, and settle 
behind the intruder. In December and January they go up 
the brooks into the jungle, probably for the purpose of breeding. 
Wc have not, however, seen their nests. 
Fam. Kallldm. 
Sub-fam. GallimiHnEe. 
Gen. Gallimila. 
Gallinula phoeiiicara (Gm.). 
„ javanica (Horsf.). 
Above, general colour, from front to tail, dark olivaceous gray. 
Below', general colour wbite ; lower tail -covers and long 
feathers behind the thighs on the side of the rump rufous; feathers 
of the body under the wing blackish gray, a margin of which 
colour extends up t^e neck, separating the white of the lower from 
the greenish gray of the upper parts ; the white of the lower parts 

