506 Mr. M. J. Nicoll — Contributions 



QEdicnemus crepitans. 



(Eclicnemus crepitans Shelley, p. 230. 



A Stone-Curlew was heard close to the " llest-House''' 

 on the evening of January 7th. This species is resident in 

 Lower Egypt, but at present I have had no opportunity of 

 comparing it with British or European specimens. 



Squatakola hklvetica. 



Squaiarola helvetica Shelley, p. 236 ; Loat, Ibis, 1906, 

 p. 120. 



Only one Grey Plover was seen — on the edge of the lake. 



ChARADRIUS PLUV]ALIS. 



Cliaradrius pluvialis Shelley, p. 235. 



Mr. Loat did not meet with the Golden Plover, and we 

 only saw one small flock at Gheit-el-Nassara. 



tEgialitis cantiana. 



JEgialitis cantianus Shelley, p. 240. 



^gialitis cantiana Loat, Ibis, 1906, p. 120. 



The Kentish Plover was seen in large numbers on the edge 

 of Lake Menzaleh and two examples were obtained. All 

 the specimens of this species which I have examined in 

 Egypt, where it appears to be resident, seem darker in 

 coloration than British examples, but at present I have had 

 no opportunity of comparing them. The tarsi of Egyptian 

 specimens are slaty grey, and, so far as my experience goes, 

 are never black as in British examples. This, however, may 

 bo dependent on the time of year, as I have no skins obtained 

 during the breeding-season. 



^GIALITIS HIATICULA. 



jEgialitis hiaticula Shelley, p. 241 ] Loat, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 120. 



Captain Shelley refers all the specimens of the Ringed 

 Plover which he obtained to j^. intermedia. The two 

 specimens in our collection belong, I should say, to the 

 smaller form which is frequently met with in England. 

 This smaller form 1 take to be Shelley^s yEgialitis intermedia. 



