Notes on some Waders. 533 



Charadrius pusillus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 

 xiii. p. 187 (1821 — Java. The type, a female, is evidently a 

 migrant of the palsearctic race). 



? Charadrius hiaticuloides Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1831, p. 125 (Ganges). 



Charadrius intermedins Menetries, Cat. E-ais. Caucasus, 

 p. 53 (1832— Lenkoran). 



Charadrius zonatus Swainson, B. W. Afr. ii. p. 235, pi. xxv. 

 (1837 — Senegal or Gambia). 



t HiaticuJa simplex Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. Mus. 

 Berolin. p. 94 (1854 — E. India ! Nomen nudum !). 



(For other synonyms see Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. pp. 266, 

 267.) 



Quite like A. d.dubius, but the bill smaller, less powerful, 

 about 11"8-14"5 mm. ; wing 111-119 and even 123 mm. 



Nesting in the greater portion of Europe, in north-west 

 Africa north of the Sahara, on the North Atlantic Islands, 

 and through northern and central Asia appai'ently to east 

 Siberia and Japan. Winters in Africa, India, and on the 

 Sunda Islands. 



3. Charadrius dubius jerdoni (Legge). 



? Charadrius hiaticuloides Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1831, p. 125 (Ganges). 



1 Hiaticula simplex Lichtenstein, Nomencl. A v. Mus. 

 Berolin. p. 94 (1854 — E. India ! Nomen nudnm !) 



jEgialitis jerdoni Legge, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880, 

 p. 39 (Ceylon and Central India). 



This form, though recognised by Legge, Seebohm, Sal- 

 vadori, Hume, and others, is not easy to separate from 

 C. d. curonicus, but it cannot be ignored. It is generally 

 smaller, the wings measuring from 103-112 and even 114 or 

 115 mm., the black frontal line is narrower and sometimes 

 quite absent, and — according to most authors — the base of 

 the lower mandible, which is only pale brown or yellow in 

 C. d. curonicus, is invariably bright yellow in adult birds ; it 

 is also said that the eyelid is more developed and of a bright 

 yellow. The distribution is not easy to define, but it seems 



