Bescriptive List of the Cormnon Birds 



184a. Iloplopterus ventralis : The Spur- 

 winged Plover. _(F. 1435), (J. 857), (IV.) 



Wings and tail marked like those of the red- 

 wattled lapwing. The head and recumbent 

 crest are black. No wattle. Its call is very like 

 that of the yellow-wattled lapwing. This bird 

 is very common on the Ganges. Not found in 

 the Bombay Presidency, nor in Madras south 

 of the Godaveri. 



The Plovers^ 185 and 186 

 The ringed plovers are small " snippets " 

 which haunt the seashore and the sandbanks of 

 rivers. They go about in small flocks. Num- 

 bers of them are to be seen on the muddy edges 

 of the Coum at Madras, but they have to be 

 looked for, since from a little distance they 

 assimilate closely to the hue of the mudbanks 

 on which they disport themselves. They are 

 not much bigger than sparrows, but are pretty 

 little birds. Two species are common. 



185. jEgialitis alexandrina : The Kentish 

 Plover. (F. 1446), (J. 848), (I.) 



Upper parts brown, lower parts white. The 



brown of the upper parts is broken by a white 



forehead, eyebrow, and collar. The under 



surface of the wing is white, so that as a flock 



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