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358. Dr. P. R. Lowe contends {Ibis, 1914, p]i. 

 395-99) that the Ringed Plover breeding in the British 

 Islands should be separated from the typical form under 

 the name Charadrius hiaticida major Seebohm, and we agree 

 that there are evidently two forms. An examination, how- 

 ever, of the material at Tring as well as that at the British 

 Museum, shows that the distribution of the two forms and 

 therefore their nomenclature is not clear, and we must await 

 further investigation before we can finally decide this point. 



359. Charadrius dubius curonicus Gni. 



Ein Regenpleijer Beseke, Schriften d. Ges. naturf. Freunde 

 Berlin, VII, p. 463 (1780— Kurland = " Courland " ; the 

 description is reproduced in Beseke, Vogel Kurlands, p. 6(), 

 1792). 



Charadrius curonicus Gnielin, Syst. Nat. I, 2, p. 692 (1789 — 

 " Habitat in Curonia." Ex Beseke, I.e.). 



instead of Charadrius dubius Scop. The Pala?arctic form 

 is clearly separable from Charadrius dubius dubius (Philippine 

 Islands, Hawaii, Formosa, etc.) by its smaller and less 

 powerful bill. A third form, Ch. d. jerdovi from India, is 

 probably also separable. Further details regarding the 

 races of these birds will appear shortly in an article in the 

 Ibis by Miss A. C. Jackson and E. Hartert. 



372. Calidris alba (Pallas) 



instead of Calidris Icucophcea (Pall.). It has been pointed 

 out by Mr. Witmer Stone {Auk, 1912, p. 208) that the nan:e 

 leucophcea occurs in that part of Vroeg's Cafalogve which 

 is not binomial and cannot therefore be used. The Adum- 

 bratiunculcB attached to the Catalogue have been conclusively 

 shown to have been written by Pallas and the names used 

 in this portion only of the Catalogue are available, while 

 the author of the non-binomial first part is unknown. The 

 name Trynga alba is ]iroposcd in the Adumbratiunculce for 

 the Sanderling and must accordingly be used. 



378. Erolia maculata (Vielll.) 



instead of Erolia maculata maculata. (Vicill.). 



379. Erolia acuminata (Horsf.) 



instead of Erolia viaculata acuminata (llorsf. ). Mr. G. M. 

 Mathews first pointed out {Birds Australia, III., pp. 258- 

 263) that there are really important diiferences between 

 the American and the Siberian Pectoral Sandpipers, esjiecially 

 in the shape of the tail, but also in coloration, if birds in 



