Family CHARADRllDAE. 



Aegialites alexandrinus (L.) — Kentish Plover. 



(Plate 141, fig. a-f). 

 (Snouckacrt: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 95, No. 226). 



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varies from dull sand-colour to olive brownish. 



black; underlying spots show through ash- 

 grey. 



33 ,■ 23.5 millimetres. 



0.6 gram. 



fine-grained, evenly granulated; the shell is 

 slightly rougher to the touch than that of 

 hiatkula and diibius. 



usually more ovoidal than pyriform. 



on the ground in a little hollow surrounded 

 by small shells. 



May, June, 

 about 3 weeks. 



