308 LIMICOL/E. 



(Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 162) ; and there are five in the Pryer collection 

 from Yokohama. T have also four examples collected by Mr. Snow 

 from the latter locality. 



It is occasionally seen in autumn on the dry river-courses, and on 

 the lake shores of Central Hondo (Jouy, Proc. United States Nat. 

 Mus. 1883, p. 31G). 



Tlie range of Hodgson's Pinged Plover extends from Japan west- 

 wards across Central China to the Himalayas, at least as far west as 

 Nepal. 



308. CHARADRIUS MONGOLICUS. 

 (MONGOLIAN SAND-PLOVEK.) 



Charadritts mongoUcus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 13G (1826). 



The Sand-Plovers are a large and widely distributed section of the 

 genus which combine the two characters of having the base of the 

 outer web of the innermost primaries white, and of having no dark 

 subterminal band across the tail. The Mongolian Sand-Plover is 

 one of the larger species (wing from carpal joint 5'4 to 4*9 inches), 

 but it has a short bill (terminal vault "3 inch or less). 



Figures : Middendorff, Sibir. Rcise, ii. pi. 19. figs. 2, 3. 





" .,,</r>v<2?4-/^' 

 Head of C/iaradrius mongolicus. Natural size. 



The Mongolian Sand-Plover was originally described by Pallas 

 from examples obtained in Siberia, Mongolia, and the Kurilc Islands. 

 It passes in considerable numbers along the shores of the Japanese 

 seas l)oth on spring and on autumn migration. I have an example 

 obtained by Mr. Snow on the Kurilc Islands (IJIakiston and Pryer, 

 Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 108), and there is an example in tlie 



