32. .EGIALITIS. 293 



Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 97 (1882) ; id. Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 

 p. 602 (1884) ; Butcher, Auk, ii. p. 37 (1885 : Long Isl.) ; A. O. U. 

 Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 162 (1886); Cory, Auk, iv. p. 230 

 (1887) ; id. B. West Ind. p. 230 (1889). 



Hiaticula meloda, Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 69 (1844). 



^Egialeus melodus, Allen, Proc. Essex Inst. iv. p. 86 (1864) ; Gundl. 

 Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 359 (1866) ; id. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 386 

 (Cuba); id. Om. Cuba, p. 183 (1876); id. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. 

 Nat. vii. p. 385 (1878 : Porto Rico). 



Charadrius (/Egialitis) melodus, Ridgiu. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 383 

 (1874). 



iEgialitis meloda, var. circumcincta, Corns, Check-l. N. Amer. B. 

 p. 133 (1873); Ridaw. Amer. Nat. viii. p. 109 (1874) ; Coues, B. 

 N.-West, p. 455 (1874); Baird, Brewer, $■ Ridgw. Water-Birds 

 N. Amer. i. p. 160 (1884) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 

 p. 602 (1884). 



^Egialitis melodus circumcincta, Ridqio. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. 

 pp. 199, 221 (1880); Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B.^. 97 (1882); 

 Agersb. Auk, ii. p. 285 (1885 : S.E. Dakota) ; Brewster, Auk, 

 iii. p. 408 (1886 : S. Carolina) ; Allen, t. c. p. 482 (Long Beach, 

 Barnegat Bay) ; Smith 8c Palmer, Auk, v. p. 147 (1888 : Potomac 

 River); Brown, Auk, vi. p. 70 (1889: Maine) ; Scott, Auk, vii. 

 p. 309 (1890 : Dry Tortugas) ; Allen, Auk, x. p. 134 (1893). 



^Egialitis meloda circumcincta, A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 163 

 (1836) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 178 (1887). 



Charadrius melodus circumcinctus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. 

 p. 122 (1888). 



JBTgialitis meloda, Baird, Brewer, §• Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. 

 i. p. 160 (1834); Seton, Auk, iii. p. 102 (1886: Lake Manitoba; 

 Lake Winnipeg) ; Ridgw. Man. N Amer. B. p. 178 (1887) ; 

 Bishop, Auk, vi. p. 147 (1889: Magdalen Isl.) ; Scott, t. c. p. 159 

 (Punta Rassa, Gulf of Florida); Shick, Auk, vii. p. 328 (1890: 

 New Jersey) ; Palmer, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 260 (1890 : 

 Magdalen Isl.) ; Thomps. t. c. p. 500 (Manitoba) ; Cory, Auk, viii. 

 p. 351 (1891 : Magua Isl.) ; id. Cat. B. West Ind. p. 95 (1892 : 

 Bahamas ; Greater Antilles) ; Scott, Auk, ix. p. 15 (1892 : Ja- 

 maica), p. 212 (Florida) ; Mackay, t. c. p. 306 (Massachusetts) ; 

 Dwight, Auk, x. p. 8 (1893: Prince Edward Isl.); Mackay, t. c. 

 p. 370 (Muskeget Isl.). 



Adult. General colour above pale greyish brown, including the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; sides of rump and lateral upper tail- 

 coverts white ; scapulars and wing-coverts pale greyish browji like 

 the back, with the lesser series rather darker brown, forming a line 

 along the bend of the wing ; the greater coverts tipped with white, 

 forming a band across the wing ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 blackish, the latter fringed with white ; primaries blackish at the 

 ends and along the outer webs, the greater part of the inner web 

 white, extending across the shaft and forming a conspicuous white 

 mark for nearly the terminal third of the quill, being accompanied 

 by a white shaft ; the inner primaries with the outer web white 

 for nearly the whole length, forming a wing-patch; secondaries 

 white, with a blackish mark near the end of the outer web, gra- 

 dually diminishing in size towards the inner secondaries, which are 

 pure white ; innermost long secondaries very pale brown, with ashy 

 margins, only slightly darker than the back ; tail-feathers brown, 



