THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
worn feathers, which had quite lost their edge and border spots, which gave 
the feathers very frayed-out edges.” 
Radde records : “I found this species, though only females, on the 
Tarei-nor, and on the eastern slopes of the most southerly Apfel Mountains 
. . . At that time the birds had collected together m the mountains and 
were very shy, as their departure was imminent.” 
“Dybowski and Godlewski found it common from Lake Baikal to the 
Sea of Japan, on the edge of lakes. They arrive on Southern Lake Baikal in 
May and go without delay further north. At the end of July they re-appear 
in great numbers and leave again in the middle of September.” 
“ They certainly nest in the Island of Saghahne, although we have not 
seen it during nesting-season ; our examples were taken on the 9th August 
(O.S.) on the shores of Nyiskoi Bay ” [Nikolski] (Taczanowski). 
“ Common in S.E. Mongoha about the end of April when migrating, 
and is plentiful in summer in the Hoang-ho Valley. ... Is extremely 
common about Lake Hanka during the spring migration, which commences 
in the latter part of April and lasts until the middle of May. The 
autumnal migration takes place in August.”* 
“ A truly freshwater species, frequenting rivers and perching on the 
‘ batangs ’ or large logs of drift timber (in Borneo) whence its name 
(Junggit-batang). These birds are frequently seen in small packs, probably 
famihes, and fly close under the banks of the river, with a jerking, uneasy 
flight.”t 
“ Abundant in March and April on the paddy-fields about Foochow ; it 
passes again in September and October. It is also common in spring on the 
Swatow marshes. ”{ 
“ This species is a rather common one in Bering Island, breeding on the 
great swamps of the northern part and in the broader and deeper valleys, 
for instance in Kamennij, Staraja Gavanskij Pad, etc. They arrive after 
the middle of May, and their musical performances or ‘ pla3dng ’ was often 
watched by me during the latter part of the month. ”§ 
The bird figured and described was collected in North-west Austraha 
on February 15th, 1909, by Mr. J. P. Rogers. 
The Eastern form of this species is smaller and paler : it seems to be 
almost a rule amongst these Wading birds that the Western birds should be 
darker and of larger size. 
* Prjevalsky, in Rowley's Ornith. Miscel., Vol. III., p. 88, 1878. 
f Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1863, p. 222. 
J La Touche, Ibis 1892, p. 500. 
§ Stejneger, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus,, No. 29, p. 130, 1885. 
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