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probably yet turn up in India. Amongst the abundance of small 

 waders which are brought daily to the Calcutta provision-bazar 

 during the cold season, and for some time afterwards, JE. lesche- 

 naulti is by no means common ; whereas jE. mo7igolicus is very 

 plentifully supplied. The former has been received from Aden. 



847. iEoiALiTEs MONGOLicus (Pallas) {cf. Ibis, 1865, p. 34); 

 Middendorff, Sib. Reise, taf. xix. 



Charadrius pyrrhothorax, Temminck, should be erased from 

 the list of synonyms, the North-African species in summer 

 dress having no white on the forehead and less rufous on the 

 breast. These birds, with JE. leschenaulti, are akin to ^. wilsoni 

 of North America and JE. inornatus of Australia. 



849. This is ^Egialites curonicus (Beseke) {Charadrius 

 minor, Meyer; Gould, B, E. pi. 297) is distinct from JS. philip- 

 pensis (Scop.) {C.peroni, Temm.?), which is a species interme- 

 diate between it and JE. cantianus, obtained by Mr. Wallace in 

 Borneo. ^. philippensis in nuptial dress has the usual white 

 forehead surmounted by a black band, also a black loral streak 

 and auriculars in part, crown rufescent-brown with a more 

 rufous periphery, some black behind the white nuchal collar above, 

 the black pectoral streak narrow or interrupted in front, and the 

 tail unhanded, with the outermost three feathers white; legs 

 pale in the dry specimens. Length of wing 4 inches, of tarsi 

 1*12 inch, JE. curonicus was observed breeding in Central India 

 by Capt. Beavan (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 376). 



850. iEaiALiTES MiNUTUs (Pallas), apud Jerdon. Two spe- 

 cimens are in the East-India Museum, one of which is the C 

 philippensis of Sykes's list (P. Z. S. 1832, p. 166). After learn- 

 ing the distinctness of j^. philippensis and ^. curonicus, I 

 reexamined the type-specimen of Horsfield's Hiaticula pusilla; 

 and though in bad condition, especially about the nape, I now 

 recognize it as distinct and identical with Hiaticula mificapilla 

 (Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. xvii.) . It is in winter dress, and has 

 not the white collar seen at all seasons in others of the present 

 group. As compared with ^. curonicus, the tail is more 

 cuneate, with the dark band considerably less developed, showing 

 only as a slight narrow cross stripe on the outermost feathers. 



