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but only one , a young male , could be obtained. The lobes 

 of this specimen are very small, the gray color on the 

 sides of the head and neck has a fulvous tinge, the color 

 of the back and tertiaries is pale fulvous instead of grayish 

 brown , feet yellow. These birds feed upon small Crustacea , 

 Molluscs and Insects. 



Iris pale yellow , bill and lobes orange-yellow , the point 

 of the first black , feet pale grass-green. 



Charadrius liiaticula. 



Charadrms liiaticula , Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 253 (1766); — 

 Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cursores, p. 26; — F. & Hartl. Vög. 

 0. Afr. p. 657. 



Aegialitis hiaticula , Boc. Orn. d' Angola , p. 431 . 



Hab. Europe, the whole of Africa, Asia, Australia. 



Collected along the beach near Robertsport, and on 

 the banks before the mouth of the Marfa River. 



This bird seems to visit Liberia only in the winter and 

 to arrive there in October. As in Europe , this bird is only 

 found on bare sandy banks along rivers and the sea-shore. 



Iris dark brown, bill orange-yellow, with black point, 

 feet pale flesh-color. 



Charadrius cantianus. 



Charadrius cantianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. 66 (1801) ; 

 — Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cursores, p. 31. 



Charadrius littoralis (Bechst. 1809) , F. & Hartl. Vög. 

 0. Afr. p. 652. 



Hab. Europe, whole of Africa, Asia, America. 



A young male in first autumn plumage, collected on 

 the sea-shore near Robertsport, the 23i^'i of October. 



Iris dark brown, bill black, feet blackish gray. 



Notes from tbe Xjeyden ]>Xaseiiiii, Vol. VII» 



