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(270) Chettusia gregaria — The Sociable Lapwing. 



Blanford, No. 1437 ; Jerdon, No. 852. 



This bird is said to visit North- West India in winter as far south 

 as Ratnagiri. In January 1900, when out snipe-shooting, I shot 

 two of these lapwings out of a flock of five that were feeding in 

 some paddy fields in Trevandrum. I have not met with any since. 

 No doubt, the failure of the rains in 1899 in the North and the 

 consequent famine had driven these stragglers so far south of their 

 usual haunts to a land where famine is unknown and the rains 



never fail. 



(271) Charadrius fulvus. — The Eastern Golden Plover. 



Blanford, No. 1439 ; Jerdon, No. 845. 

 Flocks of these plovers may be met with commonly in North and 

 Central Travancore about Cherayankie, Parur and Vycome in winter 

 frequenting swampy flats and in paddy fields. 



(272) iEGiALrris geoffroyi. — The Large Sand-Plover. 

 Blanford, No. 1442 ; Jerdon, No. 846. 

 A rare winter visitor to the coast. A single specimen was shot tit 

 Neendakaray, near Quilon. 



(273) iEGiALiTis mongolica. — The Lesser Sand-Plover. 

 Blanford, No. 1443 ; Jerdon, No. 847. 



A winter visitor to the coasts, but sometimes found inland. Curiously 

 enough, one specimen was obtained on the High Range at 6,000 

 feat elevation. It is often seen in company with the Little Ringed 

 Plover. 



(274) jEgialitis alexandrina. — The Kentish Plover. 

 Blanford, No. 1446 ; Jerdon, No. 848. 



This plover was found to be fairly numerous at Neendakaray in 

 January. 



(275) jEgialitis dubia. — The Little Ringed Plover. 

 Blanford, No. 1447 ; Jerdon, No. 849. 



I do not think this bird is a resident, but it comes very early to the 

 coast. I have seen stragglers at Cape Comorin early in August, and flocks 

 of them may be seen as late as April. They are abundant in the dry rice 

 fields after harvest and about the shores of tanks and beds of streams 

 in the low country. 



