310 LI.MICOL.*. 



but to be a resident in Southern Japan, whenee its range extends 

 southwards to Formosa, South China, and Hainan. There is no ex- 

 ample from Yezzo in the Swinlioe collection, but it is probable that 

 the typical dark-legged form is found there (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 452). In the Pryer collection there are nine examples of the 

 pale-legged form from Yokohama, and one of the dark-legged form 

 unfortunately without any locality affixed. 



The pale-lcggcd race has been described as specifically distinct 

 under the name of jEgialites dealhatus (Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1870, p. 138), but there can be little doubt that the two races in- 

 tergrade, and that the Chinese race ought to be called Charadrius 

 cantianus dealbatus. 



310. CHARADRIUS GEOFFROYI. 

 (GEOFFROY'S SAND-PLOVER.) 



Charadrius geoffroyi, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 01 (1827). 



Geoffroy's Sand-Plover is one of the larger species of the section 

 (wing from carpal joint 5| to 5^ inches), with a long thick bill 

 (length from frontal feathers '95 to '8 inch, of which the terminal 

 vault occupies about half). 



Figures : Ilarting, Ibis, 1870, pi. 11 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, 

 vii. pi. 521. 



'^'^mm 



lli'iul <t[ CJidififlrius t/i'iiff'ioi/i. Natur.il size. 



Geoffroy's Sand-Plover is a very rare accidental straggler to Japan, 

 and the only authority for its occurrence in any of the Japanese 



