210 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
ANGIALITIS DUBIA (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 241). 
ANGIALITIS CURONICA (Legge, p. 952). 
ANGIALITIS JERDONI (Legge, p. 956). 
The Little Ringed Plover. 
Description —General colour above brown, darkest on the 
wings and tail, the wing quills and the tip of the tail being 
almost black. The forehead, the fore part of the crown, and 
the sides of the head from the bill to the ear coverts are black, 
with a white band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a 
white border behind the black of the crown and ear coverts. 
The chin, throat, and a collar all round the neck are white ; 
behind this is a collar of black, broadest on the breast. The 
remainder of the lower parts and the wing lining are white. 
The later primaries and the secondaries are tipped with 
white, the white increasing on the later secondaries ; the two 
outer tail feathers are almost entirely white, the remaining 
feathers, with the exception of the central pair, tipped with 
white. 
Bill black ; iris dark brown ; eyelid yellowish ; legs and 
feet dusky yellow. 
Length 7; wing 4°5; tail 2°5; tarsus 1; bill from gape 6. 
Note.—By many Indian ornithologists this species is divided 
into two: a larger migrant form (4. curonica of Legge) and 
a smaller resident species (4. jerdoni of the same author). 
Dr. Sharpe, in the British Museum Catalogue, unites the two 
forms, and is followed by Blanford. The matter is still a 
moot point I believe. The resident form is noticeably 
smaller, with a wing measurement of 4:0, has more yellow at 
the base of the bill, and a broader naked yellow ring round 
the eye. 
Distribution —The migrant race visits the coast in the north 
of the Island during the north-east monsoon, is a winter 
migrant to the whole of the Indian Empire, and occurs all 
over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, The resident form is 
found sparingly round Kanthalai and Minneri tanks, and on 
the sand banks in the lower reaches of the Mahaweli-ganga 
and its larger tributaries. I have also seen it near Hamban- 
tota. 
