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observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hai Wei . 
Tringa rueicollis. 
This Reel-breasted Stint is the commonest of the Stints 
to be met with about Wei Hai Wei, where it occurs in the 
same places and at the same times as the other species of 
the genus. 
Tringa subminuta. 
Middendorff’s Stint is plentiful in small flocks on the 
sand and mud-flats at Shi Tao and near Kyming in August 
and September. 
Calidris arenaria. 
What applies to the Stints applies also to the Sanderling, 
except that the latter is less abundant. 
Totanus glottis. 
At the end of September and early in October Green- 
shanks were met with in considerable numbers at Shi Tao. 
Totanus ochropus. 
Green Sandpipers occurred in large flocks near Kyming 
and near North-East Promontory late in August and early 
in September. 
Totanus glareola. 
Greenshanks were very numerous at Shi Tao in October 
1901,, but were not observed elsewhere. Their numbers 
increased markedly after a wind from the north or north-east. 
Totanus hypoleucus. 
Sandpipers were noticed on one occasion only at the 
large freshwater lagoon opposite Kyming Island on August 
14th, 1902. 
Totanus incanus. 
This Tattler occurred at Shi Tao in October. Fleet- 
Surgeon J. H. Stenhouse met with this species at Chefoo. 
Limosa baueri. 
Bar-tailed Godwits w r ere first noticed on August 6th, 
but about the middle of the month they were abundant on 
