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Mr. Seebohm has separated " The Tropical Kentish Plover " as 

 Charadrins cantianus minutus. The wing is given as from 3-7 to 

 4 - 2, and these measurements are confirmed by the series in the 

 British Museum. At the same time, as Mr. Seebohm admits, there 

 is no difference between these two birds, except the smaller size, and 

 he also allows that they intergrade with the typical form. For 

 this reason I do not think that the small race of the Kentish 

 Plover can be maintained. I have added the measurement of the 

 wing in the Museum series to show how completely the large and 

 small forms intergrade. I do not see any advantage in upholding 

 JEgialitis dealbatus of Swinhoe, which is supposed to differ by its 

 paler legs. While admitting that most of the Chinese birds differ 

 in this way, there are many birds, also from China, which have 

 dark legs like the ordinary typical form, while it is equally certain 

 that birds from other localities have also pale legs. In one 

 instance I have seen a bird that had one dark leg and one pale one, 

 so that apparently the skin of the leg dries in various colours. 



Hah. Europe generally, but not ranging very far north, eastwards 

 through Central Asia to China and Japan, wintering in Africa, the 

 Indian Peninsula, and extending as far south as Australia. 



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Dimgeness Beach, Kent. Colonel Irby and 

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[P.], 

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June (J. <?.). 

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Hargitt). 

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Hastings, Sussex. 



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Pagham Harbour, Sussex. 

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Mouth of the Seine, France 



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 Valencia, Spain, March 



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 Malaga, May 1 (H. 



Saunders). 



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