Birds of Alhany Division, Cape Colony. 115 



274. ffinicNEMUS capensis, Licht. Dikkop. 

 Common. 



275. CuRSORius RUFUS, Gould. Rufous Courser. 

 Common. 



276. CuRSORius TEMMiNCKi, Swains. Temminck's Courser. 

 Scarce. 



277. Rhinoptilus africanus (Temm.). Two-banded 

 Courser. 



Not uncommon. 



278. *Glareola melanoptera, Nordm. Nordmann's 

 Pratincole. 



Common occasionally. 



279. HoPLOPTERUS armatus (Burchell). Blacksmith 

 Plover. 



Rare. ? , June 1896. 



280. Stephanibyx coronatus (Bodd.). Crowned Lap- 

 wing. 



Common in Upper Albany. Their eggs vary a little in 

 size, and are sometimes only thickly speckled with very few 

 blotches, although the heavily blotched specimens predominate. 



281. Stephanibyx melanopterus (Cretzsch.). Black- 

 winged Plover. 



Scarce. 



282. ^GiALiTis ASiATiCA (Pall.). Caspian Plover. 

 Not uncommon. 



283. J^^GiALiTis TRicoLLARis (Vieill.). Three-banded 

 Plover. 



Common. 



284. *Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.). Ruff. 

 Scarce visitor. 



285. Tringa minuta, Leisl. Little Stint. 

 Not uncommon. 



