LIDT OM PRÆSTEKRAVEN, AEGIALITIS 

 HIATICULA L, OG DENS RACER. 



E. LEHN SCHIØLER. 



I Julmumiiieret 1914 af det bekendte engelske ornithologiske 

 Tidsskrift »Ibis« findes en Afhandling af Mr. Percy R. Lowe: 

 »A Note on the Common Ringed Plover of the British Isles 

 (Charadrius hiaticola major Seebohm), and on Coloration as a 

 Factor in Generic Differentiation«, i hvilken Opmærksomheden 

 henledes paa den af Seebohm opstillede Race af den alminde- 

 lige Præstekrave. 



»It is« — skriver Forfatteren — »rather a remarkable faet that 

 in spite of the exceedingly close scrutiny to which every British 

 species has of late been subjected, the case of the Com- 

 mon Ringed Plover has been entirely overlooked, or perhaps, to 

 speak more correctly, ignored. Thus, if one refers to the latest 

 »Handlist of British Birds«, compiled under the joint authority 

 of Messrs Hartert, Jourdain, Ticehurst, and Witherby, one finds 

 the Common Ringed Plover of the British Isles designated as 

 Charadrius hiaticola hiaticola Linn., while in the synonymy of 

 this species we get the foUowing note: — »»Charadrius hiaticola 

 major Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. III p. 20 (1885) — Seebohm se- 

 parated a larger race, supposed to be resident in the British Is- 

 les, but other ornithologists have not followed him, and the sta- 

 tus of this race remains very doubtful««. 



Som nævnt beskrev Seebohm »major« i Aaret 1885 i sin 

 »History of British Birds« III Side 20 (se ogsaa Seebohm: »Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of the Charadriidae«, Side 126 — 127) som 

 større end den typiske Præstekrave, fra hvilken den desuden 

 skulde kunne skelnes ved sin blegere Farve og ved sine »stou- 

 ter legs and feet«. Han skriver 1. c: 



»It is impossible to ignore the faet that there are two races 

 of the Ringed Plover. A small dark race, with somewhat slender 

 legs and feet, with a length of wing varying from 4,8 to 5,2 inch, 



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