262 CHARADRI1DJE. 



2. JEgialitis placida. 



Charadrius placidus, Gray, Cat. Mamm. fyc. Nepal pres. Hodqs. 



p. 70 0863) 5 id- Hand-l. B. iii. p. 15, no. 10001 (1871) ; Hartiny, 



Ibis, 1873, p. 326; Seebohm, Geoyr. Dist. Ckaradr. p. 307 (1888) ; 



id. B. Japan. Emp. p. 307 (1890) ; Sty an, Ibis, 1894, p. 336 (Kiu- 



Kiaug, July). 

 Charadrius indicus {nee Lath.), Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 25 



(1865). 

 Charadrius hiaticula {nee Linn.), Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 165. 

 Charadrius longipes {nee T. fy S.), David, N. Arch, du 3Ius. 1867, 



Butt. p. 38 (Pekin, winter). 

 JEgialitis hartingi, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870. p. 136, pi. xii. (Yangtse 



Kiang), 1871, p. 404 ; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 96. 

 JEgialitis hiaticula {nee L.), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 404. 

 Charadrius hartingi, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 15, no. 10003 (1871) ; 



Giebel, Thes. Orn. i. p.' 642 (1872). 

 Eudromias tenuirostris, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 17 (1873: Burma), 



p. 417 (Darjiling); Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 217; Hartiny, t. c. 



p. 326. 

 Eudromias (JEgialitis) tenuirostris, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 495 



(1873). 

 JEgialitis placidus, Swinh. Ibis, 1874, p. 162 (Hakodadi), 1875, 



p. 129; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 153 (1875); David $ Oust. Ois. 



Chine, p. 428 (1877) ; Blakist.S,- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 219 (Yezo) ; 



Hume fy Davidson, Str. F. Vi. p. 455 (1878 : Tenasserim) ; Hume, 



Str. F. viii. p. 112 (1879) ; Jouy, Proe. U.S. Nat. Mvs. vi. p. 113 



(1883 : Central Hondo, Japan) ; Oates, Handb.B. Brit. Burm. ii. 



p. 369, note (1883) ; Blakisf. Amended List B. Jap. p. 107 (1884) ; 



Boyd. Consp. Av. Imp. Boss. p. 76 (1884 : Askold) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1887, p. 610 (Corea, Jan.); Salvad. # Giyl. Mem. B. Acead. Torino, 



xxxix. p. 128 (1888 : Kii Straits, Japan) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 314 



(1888 : Dibrughur ; Cachar ; not observed in Manipur). 

 JEgialitis placida, Swinh. Ibis, 1874, p. 162 (Hakodadi), 1875, p. 452 ; 



Scully, Str. F. viii. p. 351 (1879 : Nepal Valley) ; Hume, Str. F. 



ix. p. 258 (1880 : Barak R., N.E. Cachar) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1888, 



p. 468 (Corea, spiing & autumn). 



Adult male. Similar to JFj. Maticola, but with a perfectly black 

 bill, and only showing a narrow dusky line from the base of the 

 bill to the eye ; no pure white inner secondaries, these being brown, 

 with a narrow edging of white near the end of the outer web ; 

 primaries with dark shafts, the first primary only having a little 

 shade of whitish towards the sub-terminal portion : " bill blackish 

 brown, the basal third of the lower mandible orange-yellow ; eyelid 

 orange-yellow ; iris full and dark : feet pale ochreous, darker on 

 the toes; claws black" {R. Sivinhoe). Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen - 75, wing 5-55, tail 2-9, tarsus 1*25. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male : " bill black, the 

 extreme base of the lower mandible yellow ; feet pure ochre-yellow ; 

 claws black ; iris dark brown ; margin of eyelid ochre-yellow " 

 {J. Scully). Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 5-6, tail 3'1, 

 tarsus 1-2. 



Young. Only differs from the adults in having rufescent margins 

 to the feathers of the upper surface, the forehead and eyebrow 



