182 Mr. W. H. Ogilvie-Grant on a 



[The Red-capped Dotterel is generally gregarious and 

 very abundant. It frequents the seashore, banks of estuaries, 

 sand-flats, &c. — G. C. S.~] 



OcHTHODROMUS MONGOLICUS (Pall.). 



Ochthodrumus mongolicus Math. p. 24. 



a. £ . Pelican Point, 29th March. 



b. ? . Kalgan River, S..W. Division, 3rd March. 

 Iris dark brown; bill black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 8'25 inches. 

 The male from Pelican Point is in full breeding-plumage, 

 a fact which is worthy of note. 



OCHTHODROMUS GEOJKFROYI (Wagl.). 



Ochthodrumus yeoffruyi Math. p. 2 1. 

 a. $ . Pelican Point, 29th March. 

 b-d. £ $ . Carnarvon, 3rd-6th Aug. 

 e. ? . Bernier Island, 29th June. 



Iris blackish-brown ; bill of a dark olivaceous-slate- 

 colour ; legs dull yellowish-buff ; feet of a slate-colour. 

 Total length, measured in the flesh, 8\25 inches. 



Charadrius domtnicus P. L. S. Mull. 



Charadrius dominicus Math. p. 24. 



a. ? . Big Grove, 9th March. 



b-d. <J ? . Pelican Point, 29th March. 



e. ? . Bernier Island, 9tli July. 



/. ? . Beechland, 26th Jan. 



Iris blackish-brown; bill dusky-black, yellowish-brown at 

 the gape ; legs of a dark slate-colour, blackish at the joints. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 9'5-105 inches. 



[The Eastern Golden Plover frequents sheltered places 

 along the coast, mud-flats, and lagoons. — G. C. S.~\ 



Zonifer tricolor (Vieill.). 

 Zonifer tricolor Math. p. 24. 

 a-f. Ad. et imm. York, 2nd Jan. 



Iris, eyelid, and bill yellow, the latter dark brown at the 

 tip; wattles blood-red. 



