^GIAI-ITIS. 29 



Oharadnus falklandiciis, Seebohm, Geocjr. Distr. Charadriida. p. 155 



(1880- ' 



The eggs of the Pftta^ouian Sand-Plover are pyriform and gloss- 

 less. They vary in colour from olive-buff to a pale dingy green, 

 and they are spotted and blotched with dark brown or black. The 

 markings at the broad end coalesce and form continuous patches. 

 The underlying markings are inconspicuous aud of a pale purple 

 colour. Specimens measure from 1-37 to 1-53 in length, and from 

 1'02 to 1-08 in breadth. 



2. Falkland Islands {C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 

 a. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 



3. Falkland Islands (C. C. ^.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Falkland Islands. Purchased. 



.ffigialitis pecuaria {Temm.). 



Charadrius pecuarius, Thien. FoHpfanz. yes. Toy. tab. lix. fio-. 8 (1845- 

 54); Seebohm, Geogr. Disfr. Charadriidce, p. 158 (1887) ° 



u^gialitis pecuaria, Hui-thiy, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 457, pi. Ix. fio-" 4 • Bresser 

 Birds Ew: ix. (Suppl.), p. 341 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. ''Birds B m' 

 ssiv. p. 297 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 155 (1899). 



^Egialitis varius, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 661 (1875-84). 



The eggs of Kittlitz's Sand-Plover are of a pointed oval form and 

 have a very small amount of gloss. They resemble somewhat the 

 eggs of O.ri/eclm.9 tricoUaris (p. 23), being of a pale creamy-buff 

 colour, tliickly covered with an entangled mass of dark brown spots 

 streaks, and twisted lines, but there are no indications of zones as 

 in the eggs of that species. The underlying markings are pale 

 purple and nearly obsolete. Four examples measure from 1-23 to 

 1-3 in length, and from -87 to -91 in breadth. 



2. Cape Colony. E. L. Layard, Esq. [F 1 



2. Berg River, Cape Colony, Sept. Seebolim Coll. 

 (H. L. Layard). 



.ffigialitis sanctse-helenae, Hartimj. 

 Charadrius pecuarius, Melli.ss, Ibis, 1870, p. 104. 

 €laaradrius saucta3-helense, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. CharadriidcB, p. 160 



(1887). ' 



^gialitis sanctae-helenae, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. .xxiv d '-"OR nSQfi^ • 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 155 (1899). ^' ' ^ ' ' 



The eggs of the St. Helena Sand-Plover differ from the eg^s of 

 ^. pecuaria only in being larger. Three eggs measure respectivelv • 

 1-25 by -97 ; 1-44 by 1 ; 1-37 by -97. 



1. St. Helena. J. C. Melliss, Esq. fP 1 



2. tet. Helena. Dr. Gillespie [P.J. 



JEgialitis melanops ( F.). 



^Egialitis nigrifrons, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. ii p 9.30 nQ,aK\ 

 Hurting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 459, pi. Ix. lig. 9; Ramsay,' p'.' Z. S.im, 



