Mig. flocks c. _shores_ 6.2 Upper ashy-brown mottled darker; wing-quills blackish-brown; centre tail feathers blackish-brown; rest whitish; forehead, under white; faint chestnut band on chest; bill, legs black; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, shellfish. 1 5 =102* Sharp-tailed Sandpiper= (Siberian-, Asiatic-Pectoral), Sharp-tailed Stint, Marsh Sandpiper, Marsh Tringa, _Heteropygia aurita_, (_P. aurita_, Am.O.U.), Alaska, E. Sib., Japan, Ind, to A., T., N.Z. [~102 _Erolia aurita._] Mig. r. _coast_ 8.5 Upper dark-brown marked gray; crown faint rufous; wing-quills dark-brown; face, under whitish, breast brownish; f., smaller. Small water-animals. 1 1 =103 Curlew-Sandpiper=, Pygmy Curlew, Curlew-Stint, _Ancylochilus subarquatus_ (_Erolia ferruginea_, Am.O.U.), A., T., N.Z., almost cos. exc. Pac. Is. [~103 _Erolia ferruginea._] Mig. flocks r. _shore_ 8.5 Upper grayish-brown; eyebrow, rump, under white, chest tinged brown; bill 1.5 in., black, arched; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms. 2 2 =104 Knot=, Knot-Snipe, _Tringa canutus_, almost cos., A., T., N.Z. [~104 _Canutus canutus._] Mig. r. _tidal mud flats_ 9 Upper grayish-brown; under white; flanks, breast barred grayish-brown; upper base tail white barred black; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms. =105 Eastern Knot= (Japanese), Great Sandpiper, _T. crassirostris_, E. Sib., Jap., Ind. to A. [~105 _Canutus magnus._] Mig. v.r. _shore_ 11.5 Crown, neck, brownish-gray; back, wings brown; rump white; tail brownish-gray; breast dark-brown marked white; abdomen white; bill olive, 1-3/4 in.; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms. [Page 50] [Illustration: [106] [107] [108] [109] [110]] 1 23 =106* Australian Snipe= (Japanese, Latham), Jack Snipe, Bleater, Long-bill, _Gallinago australis_, Jap., Formosa, to A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Snipe. Mig. c. _swamps_ 9.5 Richly mottled; crown blackish with buff line along centre; face, chin buff; breast, washed reddish-brown; brown bars on flanks; back mottled brownish-black; under wings finely barred black, white; chestnut band on tail; two black lines on face; bill 2.7 in.; f., sim. Insects, worms. 1 3 =107* Australian-Painted Snipe=, Australian Rhynchaea, _Rostratula australis_, A. Mig. v.r. _grassy_, _bush_ 9.5 Beautiful mottled dotted; crown dark-brown, with buff line; throat, chest dark, chin lighter; wing brown, spotted black, white, buff; abdomen white; long straight bill 1.7 in.; m., duller, smaller. Insects, worms. [Page 51] F. 37. PARRIDAE (1), PARRA, Jacana, Water-Pheasant, 11 sp.--2(1)A., 3(2)O., 3(3)E., 1(0)Nc., 4(3)Nl. F. 38. _Cursoriidae_, Coursers, 15 sp.--3(2)O., 1(0)P., 13(12)E.