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the late Mr. Seebohm at a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society, Nov. 20, 1888, but whether it was really ob- 

 tained in Lancashire forty years ago, and not mounted 

 from a foreign skin, appears to be doubtful. 



Ohs. This Eastern Plover possesses a hind-toe like 

 the Grey Plover and Lapwing, and on this account 

 has been placed by some in the genus Vanellus. It 

 has, however, no crest, nor is the dorsal plumage 

 iridescent, as in the Lapwing. The colour of the 

 mantle is drab, as in y^gialitis, the under parts as 

 in Eudromias, that is, the breast ashy-grey, merging 

 into black on the belly, and chestnut on the flanks 

 and vent. Its affinities seem to be rather with the 

 Crowned Plovers of Africa and India, of which 

 several species are known, and which have been 

 conveniently grouped under the name Chwtusia of 

 Bonaparte. 



CASPIAN DOTTEREL. Eudromias asiaticus (Pallas). 

 Length, 7'5 in. ; bill, 0*8 in. ; wing, 5*5 in. ; bare part 

 of tibia, 07 in. ; tarsus, 1*5 in. 



Hob. China, Turkey, and the shores of the Caspian, 

 Russia, Red Sea shore, Abyssinia, and South Africa. 



One, North Denes, Yarmouth, Norfolk, May 22, 1890: 

 Southwell, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1890, p. 461, and ZooL, 

 1890, p. 311; Stevenson and Southwell, "Birds of 

 Norfolk," p. 382, and Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, v. p. 203 

 (1891). In the Norwich Museum. 



Obs. In appearance this Plover, which in breeding 

 plumage has a rufous pectoral band, seems to hold 

 an intermediate position between the Dotterels 

 (Eudromias) and the Crowned Plovers {Chsetusia), 



