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64. ^GiALiTis DUBiA (Scop.). Little Ringed Plover. 

 Charadrius minor Seebolim, B. Jap. Emp. p. 306. 

 JEffialitis curonica Dresser, Man. Pal. B. p. 740. 

 Jap. : Chidori. 



Several pairs of this species were inhabiting the beach at 

 Suzukawa along with the Kentish Plovers, and were also un- 

 doubtedly nesting by June 1st. They were obviously masters 

 of the latter, for whenever any of the Kentish Plovers flew 

 over their ground they would be sure to set upon them and 

 drive them away. 



65. ^GiALiTis PLACiDA (Gray). Hodgson's Ringed 

 Plover. 



Charadrius placidus Seebohm, B. Jap. Erap. p. 307. 



Jap. : Ikaru-chidori. 



I first met with this species on the Katsuragawa, near 

 Kioto, about thirty miles inland. This was on May 3rd, and 

 the birds were then shewing unmistakable signs that they 

 ■were about to commence nidification, but several hours' 

 watching convinced me that the eggs had not yet been 

 deposited. The male was frequently courting the female, 

 and during the process was making repeated excursions into 

 the air, flying in a peculiar way and emitting a kind of love- 

 cry, the whole performance being very like that of JEgialitis 

 duhia when similarly occupied. The next time I met with 

 Hodgson's Plover was on June 8th, at Gifu, when I found 

 young on the shingle of the River Nagara, also about 

 twenty-five miles from the coast. As this species was absent 

 from the beach at Suzukawa, where jEgialitis duhia and 

 JEi. alexandrina were both common, and where I fully 

 expected to find it, it is only reasonable to presume that, 

 during the breeding-season at any rate, it is much more of 

 an inland species than either of those birds. 



66. -^GiALiTis ALEXANDRINA (Linu,). Kentish Plover. 

 Charadrius cantianus Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 309. 

 JEffialitis cantianus Dresser, Man. Pal. B. p. 737. 

 ^gialitis alexandrina Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 154. 

 Jap. : Shiro-chidori. 



