68 Mr. E. C. Tay\ov—E(/r/pt Revisited. 



114. Charadrius pluvialis, L. Golden Plover. 

 Once seen in the market of Alexandria. 



115. ^^GiALiTis CANTiANUs (Latham). Kentish Plover. 

 Abundant in the winter, near Cairo, in muddy places. 



116. iEoiALiTis FLUViATiLis (Bcchstein). Little Ringed 

 Plover. 



Common all through the country, and frequently seen in the 

 Desert, far away from the river, running swiftly along the 

 sand. 



117. iEoiALiTis PECUARius (Temmiuck), Pl.^ Col. 183 ; 

 Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cursores, p. 34. 



I once came upon a flock of this rare Plover on the bank 

 of the Nile, near Girgeh, and shot several of them. 



118. Pluvianus jEgyptius (L.). Black-headed Plover. 

 This very beautiful bird is abundant all along the Nile above 



Cairo, wherever the banks of the river are muddy ; it avoids 

 rocky ground, and is therefore not so plentiful near Assouan. 

 It was generally in pairs during the month of March ; but I 

 know nothing of its nidification. I see no reason to alter my 

 previously ex])ressed opinion (Ibis, 1859, p. 52) that this bird 

 is probably the Trochilos of Herodotus. It has, I think, a 

 better claim to that honour than the Spur-winged Plover 

 {Hojjlopterus spinosus), because it frequents the same localities 

 as the Crocodiles, namely, mud and sand-bands in the middle 

 of the river; whereas the Spur-wing is more generally met 

 with high and dry in the fields, in which it would not be likely 

 to meet with many Crocodiles. 



119. HoPLOPTERUs SPINOSUS (L.). Spur-winged Plover. 

 Very common, tame, and noisy. 



120. Vanellus cristatus (Meyer). Lapwing. 

 Not unfrequent in small flocks. 



121. Ch^tusia gregaria (Pallas). Social Plover. 



A rare species in Egypt. I once saw several in a field near 

 Girgeh, and shot an immature specimen. Figured by Bona- 

 parte (Icon. Faun. Ital.), and also by Dr. Bree (B. Eur. iii. 

 p. 20). 



