Def. 20, 1922.] Birds of the Indian Empire. 21J 



1906. (1419; Esacus recurvirostris. The Great Stone-Plover. 



Oedicnemiis recurvirostris Cv.v., Regne., Ani., i., p. 

 500 (1829), {India). 



Ceylon, India and Burma to Siam. 



1907. (1420) Orthoramphus magnirostris. The Australian 



Stone-Plover. 



Oedicnemus magnirostris VieilL, Nouv, Diet, d' Hist, 



^ Nat., .v.riii., j). 231 (1818). 



Andamans and Cocos. Thence through Malay/ 

 Arch, to Australia, 



Family Dromadid^e. 



1908. (1421) Dromas ardeola. The Crab Plover. 



Dromas ardeola Paykull, K. SvensJc. Vet. Ak. He.nd-1. 

 xxvi., p. 182 (1845), (India). 



Shores of Indian Ocean W. of Malay Arch. 

 Famil}' GlareoLid.e. 



1909. (1422) Cusorius coromandelicus. The Indian C our sei'. 



Charadrius coromandelicus GmeL, S.N., i., p. 692 

 (1788), {Coromandel Coast), 



India and Ceylon. 



1 9 10. (1423) Cursorius gallicus jamesoni. The Eastern 



Cream-coloured Courser. 



Cursorius jamesoni Jerd., B. of I. App., p. 875 (1877)- 

 {Punjab). 



N. W. India, Punjab and Sind. Transcaspia, N.. 

 and E. Persia. 



1911. (1424) Rhinoptilus bitorquatus. J er don's Courser. 



Macrotarsins bitorquatus Jerd., Blyth, J.A.8.B., xvii.,. 

 p. 224 (1848), (E. Ghats). 



Madras, Nellore, Cuddapah, Sironcha, Badra- 

 chalam. 



1912. (1425) Glareola maldivarum. The Large Indian Swal- 



low-Plover. 



Glareola maldivarum i-orsfer, Faun. Ind.,p. 11 (1795),. 

 (Maldives). 



Ceylon, India, Burma, Siam to China, etc. 



1913. (1426) Glareola pratincola pratincola. The Collared 



Pratincole. 



'[ . Hirundo pratincola Linn., S.N., i., p. 345 (1766), 



(Austria). 



Europe, N. Africa, Asia to N. W. India. 



