1 66 Allen's naturalist's library. 



iii. the kentish sand-plover. /egialitis alexandrina. 



Charadrhis alexandrimis^ Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 258 (1766). 

 Charadrius cafitiaiitis (Lath.), Macgill. Brit. B. iv. p. 125 (1852); 



Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 25, pi. 26, figs. 7-9 (1885). 

 ^gialitis cantianus, Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 483, pi. 523 



(1876); B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 158 (1883); Saunders, 



ed. Yarrell's Brit. B. iii. p. 267 (1883); id. Man. Brit. B. 



p. 527 (1889) ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. part xxx. (1895). 

 ^oialitis akxa?idrma, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 275 



(.896). 



Adult Male. — General colour above pale earthy-brown, with 

 faint remains of paler margins to the feathers; wing-coverts 

 like the back, the marginal ones blackish-brown, the greater 

 series darker brown, with a narrow white edging to the tip ; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark sepia-brown, the latter 

 fringed with white at the tip ; quills sepia-brown, with white 

 shafts to the primaries, which are pale brown on the inner web, 

 the inner primaries for the most part white towards the base of 

 the outer web ; the secondaries dusky-brown with white tips, 

 the inner ones also white along the margins of both webs, the 

 innermost long secondaries brown like the back ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts dark sepia-brown, the lateral ones 

 white, forming a patch on each side; the four centre tail-feathers 

 dark sepia-brown, paler towards the base, and having white shafts 

 to the centre ones, the three outer feathers white, the next ones 

 smoky-brown with white shafts; crown of head ashy-brown, 

 washed with light tawny rufous, especially distinct towards the 

 nape; hind-neck and sides of neck white, forming a collar; 

 forehead and a distinct eyebrow white, with a broad black band 

 separating the white of the forehead from the brown of the 

 crown ; eyelid and loral streak black ; feathers below the eye 

 and sides of face white, with a black patch on the hinder ear- 

 coverts ; cheeks and under surface of body pure white, with a 

 pitch of black on each side of the chest ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white ; quills below light ashy, like the lower pri- 

 mary-coverts ; bill black, with the base of the lower mandible 

 of a dusky flesh-colour; tarsi dusky, toes darker, claws black; 

 iris brown. Total length, 6*5 inches; culmen, 07 ; wing, 4"i5 ; 

 tail, 17 ; middle toe and claw, 07. 



