406 Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 
123. iEGIALITES PHILIPPINES (Scop.). 
Charadrius curonicus, Bechs. 
C. minor, Meyer. 
This pretty little species, which has occasionally been shot on 
the British coasts, is with us a plentiful resident, and breeds 
on the sandy shores. In autumn, when the black facings of 
the nuptial plumage fade away, a strong touch of buff tinges the 
white of the head and neck. In this plumage I procured a pair 
on the 10th September 1861, and took down the following note 
on them :—“ Length 6J in.; wing 4 T 3 ^ ; tail 2^. Bill blackish 
brown, brownish ochre on base of lower mandible. Iris dark 
umber; eye-skin brownish, tinted with yellow at the angles in 
the female, in the male a bright orange. Legs and claws clear 
yellow ochre; claws black. Inside of mouth pale bluish flesh- 
colour.” 
C A few parties of 
124. H^ematopus longibostbis. Gray. | both these visit the 
125. Recurvirostra ayocetta, L. 
j Apes’ Hill Creek 
every winter. 
126. Totanus glottis, L. 
Adult, shot 4th September 1861. “ Length 13^ in.; wing 7; 
tail 3. Bill along culmen 2^ in., to gape 2^. Apical half of 
bill blackish brown; basal half leaden grey. Ear- covert as large 
as the eye, dark purplish grey; operculum an oval slit, running 
obliquely through more than half its diameter. Iris dark umber. 
Legs and toes light ochreous grey, patched with ochre on the 
toes, and dark leaden grey at their joints; claws deep brown. 
A few dark brown angular spots on the breast, which is other¬ 
wise white.” 
A winter visitant. 
127. Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst. 
S colop a,x totanus , L. 
Totanus horsfieldi , Sykes. 
T. lathami, Gray. 
T. tenuirostris, Horsf. 
I procured only one of this species, on the 30th August 1861, 
out of a small flock on the mud-flats near Taiwanfoo. I have 
never met with the bird on the Chinese coast. 
