208 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Habits.—Frequents the seashore, tidal flats, and the sandy 
stretches round lagoons, often in company with the next 
species. Some immature birds in winter plumage remain with 
us throughout the year. 
ANGIALITIS MONGOLICA (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 238 ; 
Legge, p. 943). 
The Lesser Sand Plover. 
(Plate II., fig. 7.) 
Description.—Similar to the last species in either plumage, 
but smaller and with a shorter bill. 
As a rule, in the winter plumage the upper surface is darker 
brown, and in summer the western race which visits India has 
the forehead wholly black or with only a little white. The 
Chinese race has more white on the forehead and a brighter 
pectoral gorget. 
Bill, iris, and feet as in 4. geoffroyi. 
Length 7°5; wing 5; tail 2; tarsus 1°2; bill from 
gape °75. 
Distribution.—Plentiful all round the coast line of the dry 
zone during the north-east monsoon. 
Breeds in Central and Northern Asia and in Alaska ; winters 
round the shores of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to 
Queensland. Numbers of immature birds in winter plumage 
remain with us throughout the year. 
Habits —Like the last species, may be found on sandy or 
muddy flats by the shore and round the margins of lagoons, 
often in large scattered flocks. 
ANGIALITIS ALEXANDRINA (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 240). 
ANGIALITIS CANTIANA (Legge, p. 947). 
The Kentish Plover. 
Description.—Winter : Upper plumage in general mud- 
brown. Forehead, eyebrow, a ring round the neck, and all 
the lower parts, with the wing lining and axillaries, white ; 
