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Show 408 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, cured by a sporting friend in Formosa, and he sent it to only one he had ever met with in our part of the world. 556. RHYNCHEEA BENGALENSIS (L.); Ibis, 1865, pp. 230, 347, 1866, p. 137, 1870, p. 362; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 314. Rhuncheea sinensis, Lath. Ibis, 1864, p. 370, 1867, p. 404. Rhyncheea orientalis, Horsf. Rhynchops sinensis, Ibis, 1861, p. 267. Throughout China and Formosa in summer. I find that Painted Snipes from Africa have the chin bare, which is not the case with specimens from India and China. R. capensis (Gmel.) may therefore rank as a distinct species. 557. CALIDRIS ARENARIA (L.) ; Ibis, I860, p. 359, 1861, p. 342, 1863, p. 414, 1870, p. 363 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 315. General in winter. 558. STREPSILAS INTERPRES (L.) ; Ibis, 1860, p. 359, 1861, p. 342, 1862, p. 255, 1863, p. 414, 1870, p. 361; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 315; Zoologist, 1860, p. 7103. 559. LOBIPESHYPERBOREUS(L.); Ibis, 1861,p.412,1863,p.415, 1865, p. 358, 1870, p. 303; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 315 ; Zoologist, 1861, p. 7643. 560. TRINGA TENUIROSTRIS (Horsf.) ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 315. Totanus crassirostris, T. & S. Faun. Jap. lxiv. Schcenic/us magnus, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 33. 561. TRINGA CANUTUS, L. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 315. Procured at Shanghai. 562. TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHA, Temm.; Ibis, 1862, p. 255,1863, p. 412, 1870, p.363; P.Z.S. 1863, p.316. Limicola pygmcea, Midd. Sib. Reise. China and Formosa in winter. The Tringa pygmcea of Latham, as Prof. Newton has proved to me, is based on T. subarcuata, and the name ought not to be applied to this species. 563. TRINGA CINCLUS, var. CHINENSIS. Tringa chinensis, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 2; Ibis, 1862, p. 255. Tringa cinclus, Ibis, 1860, p. 66, 1861, p.412, 1863, pp. 97, 411; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 316. Tringa subarquata, Ibis, 1861, p. 342. Tringa aljnna, Ibis, 1866, p. 136, 1870, p. 363. In length and thickness of bill surpassing T. cinclus, var. americana, Baird, with longer toes. In summer dress remarkable for the big black blotches on its breast, and for the blackness and want of rufescence of its upper parts. |
