460 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Graut on 



173. OCHTHODIIOMUS ASIATICUS. 



Ochthodromus asiaticus (Pall.) ; Witherby, p. 277; Grant 

 & Reid, p. 691. 



a,b. (^ ? imm. Khartum, 23rd & 25th Jan. Nos. 2&6. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet olivaceous or 

 ochreous. 



Two specimens of the Caspian Sand-Plover in immature 

 plumage were procured. 



174. ^GIALITIS HIATICOLA. 



^gialitis Maticola (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 256 (1896). 



j^giulitis hiaticula (Linn.) ; Witherby, p. 277. 



a. ? . Fashoda, 21st March. No. 154. 



A Kinged Plover in winter plumage has the iris brown, 

 the bill black, yellow at the base, the legs and feet orange. 



175. ^GIALITIS DUBIA. 



^gialitis dubia Scop. ; Grant & Reid, p. 692. 



a,b.^2' Fashoda, 29th March. Nos. 230 & 242. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black, ochreous at base in the female; 

 legs and feet ochreous yellow. 



A pair of Little Ringed Plovers were in full breeding- 

 plumage on the 29th of March. 



176. tEgialitis pecuaria. 



^gialitis pecuaria (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 297 (1896). 



a-c. S • Kaka, 8th March. Nos. 117-119. 



Iris dark hazel; bill black; legs and feet ochreous yellow. 



Of the three males of Kittlitz's Sand-Plover shot at Kaka, 

 two have tlie wing-measurement 3'8 inches, and all the 

 primary-quills partially white-shafted except the third ; 

 the third specimen has the wing 405 inches in length, and 

 only the first primary-quill white-shafted. The last agrees 

 ■with the birds from Cape Colony noted by Dr. Sharpe 

 {op. cit. p. 299). This difference may be due to age. 



177. lIlMANTOPUS niMANTOPUS. 



Himantopus himaiitopus Linn.; Grant & Reid, p. 691. 

 Himantopus Candidas Bonn.; ^Yitherby, p. 277. 



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