2Q CHAEADRIID^. 



Five examples measure from I'lo to 1-32 in length, and from -85 

 to "9 in breadth. 



2. Labiian, Borneo. Sir Hug-h Low [C.]. 



3. Eugano, N.E. Luzon. J. Whitehead, Esfj. [C.]. 



.ffigialitis alexandrina (Linn.). 



Charadrius cantianus, Heicitson, Eij/js of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 298, pi. 



Ixxvii. fig. iii (^1856) ; Seebohvi, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 25, pi. 26 (1885) ; 



id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 108 (1887) ; id. J^t/t/s of Brit. 



Birds, p. 122, pi. 40. lig-s. 4, 6 (1896). 

 ^gialites cantiacus, Salvin, His, 1859, p. 355. 

 yEgialites cantianus, Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 78; Stcinhoe. Ibis, 1863, 



p. 405 ; Lei/ge, Birds Ceylon, p. 947 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8)- 



Eyys hid. Birds, iii. p. 337 (1890) ; Poyntiruj, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 33, pi. 8 (189.5-6). 

 ^gialitis cantiana, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 483 (1876) ; Shmye, Ibis, 



1891, p. 113. 

 Charadrius cantianus dealbatus, S'eebohm, Geogr. Disfr. Charadriidce, 



_p._170 (1887). 

 yEgialitis alexandrina, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 275 (1896) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 154 (1899). 



The eggs of the Kentish Plover are i^yriform and glossless. The 

 ground-colour varies from a pale to a dark buff, occasional!}- tinged 

 with pale green, and is covered, pretty evenly all over, with specks, 

 spots, and scrawls of dark brown or black, together with some small 

 underlying markings of pale purple. They measure from 1-16 to 

 1"36 in length, and from -85 to Oo in breadth. 



2. Rye, Sussex (P. Godman). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Dungeness, Kent. Gould Coll. 



2. Lydd, Kent, 25th May {H. Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders). 



5. Bale de Somme, France (Noury ; Seebohm Coll. 



Han/itt Coll.). 



2. Sylt, Denmark, 30th May. H. Durnford, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Missoloughi, Greece, 25th May {H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



4. Missolonghi, 25th May {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Missolonghi, 2.5th May (if. «.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Missolonghi, 2.5th Mav (i/. -S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Missolonghi, 25th May (H. S.). Seebohm Ci.ll. 

 4. Smyrna, 12th June (//. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Chot Sabouu, Algeria, 5th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (H. B. Tristram ^- TV. H. Simpson). 



3. Chot Saboun, 15th June (H. B. T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



&i W.H.S.). 

 1. Chot Saboun, 15th June (H. B. T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4- W. U.S.). 

 1. Chot Saboun, 21st June (H. B. T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



S>- W. H. S.). 

 1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 20th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{O. Salvin). 

 6- Tunis. L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



