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Show 404 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 528. -EGIALITES GEOFFROYI (Wagler) ; Ibis, 1861, p. 51, 1863, p. 405, 1870, p. 360; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 141. AEgialites leschenaultii, Ibis, 1861, p. 342, 1862, p. 255 ; 1863, p. 309. China coast in winter; Formosa. 529. /EGIALITES MONGOLUS (Pall.); Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 140. JEgialites mongolicus, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 360; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 310. Hiaticula inornata, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 19. China coast in winter. 530. .EGIALITES HARTINGI, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 136, pl. 12. Flats of the Upper Yangtsze (Szechuen) in spring. 531. .EGIALITES CANTIANUS (Lath.); Ibis, 1860, p. 63, 1861, pp. 51, 342; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 310, 1870, p. 138. China coast in winter. 532. .EGIALITES DEALBATUS, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 138; Ibis, 1870, p. 361. JEgialites cantianus, Ibis, 1860, p 429, 1863, p. 405. Resident on the coasts of South China and Formosa. 533. .EGIALITES HIATICULA (L.) ? Charadrius longipes, David, Nouv. Arch. 1867, Bull. p. 38. " Close to C. hiaticula, but with longer legs ; I obtained a single specimen of this in winter at Pekin" (David). 534. .EGIALITES DUBIUS (Scop.). JEgialites philippinus, Ibis, 1862, p. 255, 1863, p. 406 ; P. Z. 1863, p. 310. JEgialites curonicus, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 137. JEgialites intermedius, Ibis, 1870, p. 361. JEgialites pusillus, Ibis, 1860, p. 63, 1861, p. 51. Charadrius philippinus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 260, 342. Throughout South China, Formosa, and Hainan in winter ; breeds in North China (Talien Bay). Chinese birds agree with the European. The race found in Bengal is smaller, and is probably the AZ. minutus (Pall.). JE. intermedius (Menetries) appears to be a lesser form of JE. hiaticula (Li) with more slender bill, which sometimes occurs in England, and is considered by many to be merely the latter species not fully developed. JE. pusillus (Horsf.) of Java and/-?. philippinus (Lath.) of Luzon I take to be the same as our bird; as being only winter visitants to the archipelago, they would naturally be the species that passes our coast in spring and autumn. |