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- OCHTHODROMrs. Inner secondaries very long and pointed ; 

 tlu- distance from shortest secondary to the tips of primaries more 

 than halt length of wing ; no black abdomen in summer, this being 

 white; plumage of upper surface plain and mostly uniform ; bill 

 stout : culmen al>< >nt equal to length of middle toe and claw ; no 

 bind toe, 



609. O. bicinctUS. Jardine and Selby (JEgialitia bicinctus), Double- 



banded I >ot trel. 



Summer Plumage. —Axillariea and under wing coverts white; 

 band of black across the fore-neck, followed by white band on the 



chest and bj a Be iond band of chestnut across breast 



Winter Plumage. -Axillariea white; collar of ashy-brown across 

 fore-neck or Lower throat. 

 Bab. : I. •-'. 3, i. 5. 



610. O. eeoflhroyl} Wagler (./EgiaHtis geoffroyi), Large Sand- Dottrel. 



Bummer Plumage.- Axillariea and under wing inverts white; no 



black hand on fore-neck ; forehead white, followed by narrow black 

 hand : hinder part of crown lighl brown, entirely surrounded by 

 pale cinnamon-rufous, which occupies fore part of crown and extt nda 

 down Bides of neck round hinder neck, where it forms broad rufous 

 collar ; across fore-neck and chesl a broad band of rufous. 



Winter Plumage. — Axillariea white ; no collar across fore-neck, 

 which is white, like rest of under surface ; sides of chest with brown 

 patch. 



Total length, 8*5 in. ; culmen. 1 in. ; wing, 5*5 in. ; tail, 2 in. : 

 tarsus, 1 '4 in. 



Hah. : 1, 2, S. 

 oil. O. Ilioimolus, Pallas (.Egialitis mongolus, ^Egialitis mastersi), 



Mongolian Sand Dottrel. 



Smaller than 0. geofiroyi, but has a broader black line along sides 

 of face : ear coverts entirely black : the white throat separated 

 from rufous chest-band by a narrow black line. 



Total Length, 7"5 in. : culmen, 0*75 in. ; wing, 5*2 in. ; tail, 2*1 in ; 

 tarsus, 1 "2 in. 



Hah. : 1, % 



612. O. vrri'diis. Grid. (Eudromiaa reredus), Oriental Dottrel. 



Bummer Plumage. — Axillariea and under wing coverts smoky- 

 brown, as also quill Lining; forehead broad white, and extending 

 to sincipul ; a distinct black horse- shoe below the chestnut land >.n 

 ch' 



Winter Plumage.- -Axillaries, under wing coverts, and "pull tii 



.smoky hrou n. 



Total Length, 8*8 in. ; culmen, 1 in. : wing, 6'5 in. ; tail, 2*4 in. ; 

 tarsus, ] -7 J,,. 



Hah. : 1,3, «. 



I EGIALITIS. As in Ochthodromus, except that culmen is 



shorter — less than length of middle toe and claw. 



6ia j;. Iii.itit ola. linn., Ringed Dottrel. 



Throat white ; no black OB mantle ; a distinct white collar round 



hind-neck. 



Hah I. 



614. JB« rnficapilUs, Temm., Bed-capped Dottrel 



Throat while; no black 00 mantle; no white collar round hind' 



.■< white, crown rusty, and black line between; all 

 bite. 

 Hab. : i. 2, :;. i. 6, <;. 7. 9 



