so DROMADID^. CEDICNEMID^. 



Family DROMADID^. 



Genus DROMAS, Faykull. 



Dromas ardeola, Paykutt. 

 Dromas ardeola, Von HftajUn, Ilns, 1859, p. 346 ; id. Orn. N.Ost-Afr. 



The eggs of the Crab-Plover are of an oval form, very slightlj- 

 glossy and plain white. The shell is slightly rough and granulated 

 and the interior, when held up against the light, is of a pale 

 greenish-yellow colour. They measure from 2'42 to 2"66 in length, 

 and from 1-73 to 1-85 in breadth. They are abnormally large for 

 the size of the bird. 



5. Montafie Island, 20 miles eai>t of Hume Coll. 

 Bushiie, Persian Gulf, Juue 

 (E. A. Butler). 

 ■22. Montalie Island, 8th Mav Hume CoU. 



(E. A. B.). 

 SI. Montafie Island, 29th May Hume Coll. 



{E. A. B.). 

 8. Persian Gulf, 8th Juue (^C.. -1.5.). Hume Coll. 



1. Bushire, Persian Gulf. AV. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Fao, Persiau Gulf, 13th June. W. D. Cumming. Esq. [P.] 

 Gulf of Aden. Commander E. R. Shopland, 



K.I.M. [P.]. 



Sub-Order (EDICNEML 

 Family (EDICNEMID^. 



Genus (EDICNEMUS, Temm. 

 (Edicnemus oedicnemus {Linn.). 



<Edicnemus crepitans, Thien. Fortpftunz. ges. Vog. tab. Ivii. fig. 4, a-d 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Foe/, tab. 22. fig. 2 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, E(jys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 288, pi. l.vxiv. (1856) ; Salvin, Ibis, 

 1859, p. 354 ; Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 377 ; Wriff/it, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 140; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 386; Siebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 

 p. 596, pi. 21 (1884) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriid<e, p. 74 (1887) ; 

 id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 90, pi. 23. tig. 3 (1896). 



<E]dicnemus seolopax. Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 401 (1876); Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 969 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eqgs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 331 (1890) ; Ppgnting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 1, pl.'i". (1895-96). 



<Edicnemus crepitans indicus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 77 

 (1887). 



