on Dr. Jcrdou's 'Birds of India.' ]G5 



^GiALiTES NiGRiFRONs (Cuv.) [Chavadrius melanops, Vieillot, 

 Gal. des Ois. pi. 235 ; Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 20 ; C. russatus, 

 Jerdon, Madr. Jouru. Lit. Sc. 1840, p. 213) is omitted by Dr. 

 Jerdon, though he obtained a single specimen near Madras in 

 the month of June {i. e. during the southern winter), which is 

 now in the Calcutta Museum. Of course it is an exceedingly 

 rare and accidental straggler. 



^GiALiTEs HiATicuLA (L.); Charadrius placidus, G.^. Gray, 

 B. M. Cat. Hodgson's Coll. 2nd ed. p. 70. 



Two examples of what I consider to be the common British 

 Ring-Plover are among the skins sent by Mr. Hodgson to the 

 British Museum. Both Mr. G. R. Gray and I have in vain 

 sought to identify the C indicus of Latham [nee Riipp.). 



853. Ch^tusia leucura (Licht.); Ibis, 1865, pi. x. ; Cha- 

 radrius grallarius, Lesson, C. villotai, Audouin ; Vanellus ara- 

 lensis, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. pt. 2. p. 497; V. flavipes, 

 Savigny ; the last specific name holds precedence. Dr. Jerdon 

 has sent a specimen from Hansi. 



854. Ch^tusia cinerea (Blyth) ; Pluvianus and Lohivanellus 

 cinereus, nobis (J. A. S. B. 1842, xi. p. 587); L. inornaf.us, Temm. 

 and Schl. Fauna Japon. Aves, tab. Ixiii., 1850. 



The black of the lower part of the breast is characteristic of 

 the breeding-season. Pluvianus cinereus, nobis, is erroneously 

 given as a synonym of C. gregaria by Dr. Bree. 



856. Sarciophorus bilobus can scarcely be said to be " rare 

 in Bengal." Two or three dozen specimens, at least, might be 

 procured every season in the Calcutta provision-bazar; and I 

 have repeatedly observed flocks upon arable land in the course 

 of excursions which I have made up the river Hugli. 



857. HoPLOPTERUS MALABARicus (Bodd.); "Charadriusmyops, 

 Lesson," Pucheran, Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 570. 



Dr. Bree identifies this bird with the African H. spinosus, 

 but, as I think, wrongly. It is common along the Burmese 

 rivers, together with 



858. EsACus RECURViROSTRis (Gray and Mitch, 111. Gen. B. 



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