26. OCnTDODROMUS. 231 



866 (1884) ; Radde, Orn. Cauc. pp. 4:5, 415 (1884 : Caspian, \\n\) : 

 id. Ornis, v. p. 106 (1889). 

 Charadrius damarensis, Sh-ickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 158 (Damara- 



land) ; Fmsch, Ibis, 1872, p. 14ti: Heugl. Orn. X.O.-Afr. ii. pt. 1, 

 p. 1018, pi. xxxiv. figs. 1, 2 (1873), App. p. clxxxi (X. Coast of 

 Egypt : Gulf of Suez ; Swamps of S. Kordofan ; Lower White & 

 BlueNiles; Qalabat; Tana Lake). 



/Egialitis ruficollia (nee Cuv.), Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 57 (1856). 



Morinellus caspius, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 417 (185b'). 



Eudromas asiaticus, Newt. Lid B. Eur. Blasius, p. 17 (1862). 



Charadrius geoflroyi (nee Wagl.), Mont. P. Z. S. 18b"5, p. 95 (Ben- 

 guela). 



Eudromias caspius, Filippi, Viagg. Pers. p. 361 (1865: Enzeli, Cas- 

 pian) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1870, p. 327; Boyd. Consp. Av. Imp. Rosa. 

 p. 74 (1884 : Aralo-Caspian region ; Western Thian Shan ; 



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Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 479, pis. 520, 522, fig. 1 (1878) ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. vii. p. 438 (1878), viii. p. 112 (1879) ; At/res, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 267 (Transvaal); Salitin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 595 (1882: 

 Kirghia Steppes; Damara-land) ; Salvad. Atti R. Acead. Sci. 

 Torino, xxiii. p. 44 (1887) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 305 CNianda Isl.) ; 

 id. P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 49 (Lado) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1889, p. 92 (Len- 

 koran) ; Butler, Ibis, 1890, p. 463 (Great Yarmouth); Southwell, 

 P. Z. S. 1890, p. 4bl (Great Yarmouth, May); Sharpe, Ibis, 

 L891, p. 113 (Fao, Aug.): Irby, Key List Brit.' B. 2nd ed. p. 48 

 (1892); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 544 (Victoria Nyanza); Lilford, 

 Col. Fig. Br. B. pt. xxi. (1892). 



Adult mah' in summer plumage. Similar to 0. veredus, and 

 having a dark quill-lining like that species, but the axillaries 

 white ; crown of head brown, like the back : the forehead, eyebrow, 

 sides of face, and throat white, like the underparts ; across the fore- 

 neck a.broad band of bright chestnut, followed by a narrow band 

 of black : quills dark brown, the primaries white-shafted, but other- 

 irise with no white on any of the quills ; tail as in O. asiaticus, but 

 with only a narrow white edging to the outer feather: " bill black ; 

 feet greenish olive, toes dusky; iris dusky hazel " (Emin Pasha). 

 Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'9, wing .3-65, tail 2*15, tarsus 1-35. 



Adult in winter 'plumage. Differs from the summer plumage in 

 wanting the rufous breast and the facial markings. Dark brown 

 above, including the hoad, the sides of face, forehead, and eyebrow 

 tinged with Bandy buff, a shade of which colour is evident round 

 the hind-neck; throat isabelliue white, divided from the white of 

 the breast by a broad band of ashy brown, extending from the 

 lower throat to the fore-neck and chest and the sides of the upper 

 breast. 



Young. Resembles the winter plumage of the adult, but has the 

 feathers of the upper surface edged with sandy buff, and a more 

 pronounced tinge of this colour on the sides of the face and on the 

 chest-band. 



Hub. Breeds in the Kirghis Steppes and Central Asia, wintering 

 in Africa and the western portion of the ludiau Peninsula. 



