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is probably only a summer visitor to Yezzo, but a resident in 

 Southern Japan. There are several examples in the Swinhoe col- 

 lection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe^ Ibis, 1875, p. 452) ; three in tlie 

 Pryer collection from Yokohama ; and there are three from the 

 Loo-Choo Islands. 



The Little Ringed Plover breeds in various localities from Western 

 Euroi)e to East Siberia, but is only a rare visitor to the British 

 Islands. 



307. CHARADRIUS PLACIDUS. 

 (HODGSON'S RINGED PLOVER.) 



Charadriiis placidus, Gray, Cat. Mamm, &c. Nepal &c. Hodgson, p. 70 (1863), 



Hodgson's Ringed Plover scarcely differs in colour from the Little 

 Ringed Plover, but it is a much larger bird (wing from carpal joint 

 about 5^ inches), with a more graduated tail (outer feathers half 

 an inch shorter than the central ones) . 



Figures : Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, pi. 12. 



Head of Charadrius placidus. Natural size. 



Hodgson's Ringed Plover is a winter visitor to Southern Japan, 

 but probably breeds in Yezzo. There are several examples in the 

 Swinhoe collection obtained by Captain Blakiston at Hakodadi 



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