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118. Glaheola orientalis, Lath. 
These birds abound on the flat marshy grounds near Tai- 
wanfoo, and I there procured a good series of specimens in 
various stages of plumage. The dark parts of the adult are in 
the young brown, mottled with blackish brown, and margined 
with white, the collar being indicated by blackish spots. The 
upper parts at an early season in the autumn change to greenish 
brown, margined with light rufous brown; and the underneck 
and breast become rufescent, the collar becoming more strongly 
indicated. At all stages the axillaries are bright rust-red. In 
those I dissected the gizzard was roundish, compressed at the 
sides, with moderate lateral tendons; epithelium stained a 
sienna-brown, and containing remains of Locustce and some 
small bits of porcelain and pebbles. 
The flight of this bird is much like that of the Golden Plover, 
only swifter, with more evolutions. Its eggs are four in number, 
laid in a depression in the ground. It often feeds on the Cicin- 
delcs that swarm on the sands : running with velocity after its 
prey, springing lightly into the air as the insect takes wing, 
and snapping it with a quick turn, in the manner of a Muscicapa 
it wheels round and alights again on the ground. 
119. SqUATAROLA HELVETICA (L.). 
Frequents our shores, and the mouths of our rivers in winter. 
I procured one with indications of black on its belly, showing 
that in its summer retreat the nuptial plumage is assumed. 
This, however, as I have before observed, is not the case with 
birds in confinement. 
120. Charadrius longipes, Temm. 
Common with us all the year round, breeding in great abun¬ 
dance on the south-west marshy plains. Its eggs, four in 
number, are laid in a loose nest of dried grasses and fibres 
placed in a hollow. They are of a yellowish-grey ground-colour, 
blotched and spotted with deep blackish sepia, and have occasional 
obsolete purplish grey spots. They do not vary much in size, 
are narrowed at the end, and measure 1*5 in. by 1*1. 
Adult <5 , shot 4th September 1861. Length 8^ in.; wing 
5^; tail 2-^; the two central rectrices rather pointed, and 
