— i88 — 

 Family CHAKADRIl I )AE. 



Charadriiis dubius curonicus. 



C/iiJi luii lus curonicits Gmki.., Svst. Nat., I, 1789, p. 692. — Ivpe 

 localitv : Ciiroiiia, i. e. Kurland, Western Russia. 



An example ot' the Little Kinged Plover was sliot bv Mr. Lowe 

 at Ijn on February 5th, 1920. We hâve African-killed examples of 

 this Plover from Egvpt, Siidan, Abvssinia, Somaliland, Socotra, 

 Sénégal, Gambia, Gold Coast, S. Nigeria and Cameroon. 



(Scarce. Onlv an odd bird seen on liigli, drv ground amongst 

 orange trees. — \V. P. L.) 



Oxyechus forbesi. 



A egia/ùïs /or/)csi ^HEi.i.EY, Ibis, 1883, p. 560. — Tvpe localitv : 

 Shonga, N. Nigeria. 



Mr. LowK shot a spécimen of FaRBEs' Tsvo banded Plover at 

 Iju near Lagos. 



From N. Nigeria we hâve Forbes' bird from Shonga. 



Range. — This Plover is represented in the British Muséum 

 from the Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, Cameroon and N. Rho- 

 desia. Kelsall obtained it in Sierra Leone also. 



The occurence of this bird at Kasama, N. E. Rhodesia in 

 January, 1906, when it was obtained bv Dr. F. O. Stoehr, is 

 remarkable considering that it bas never been obtained in any part 

 of the Belgian Congo to mv knowledge. 



Observation. — Mr. W. L. Sci..\ter considers this a race of 

 O. tricollaris. I prefer to keep it as a distinct species. 



(A solitarv bird found in the orange plantation was the onlv ohe 

 seen. — W. P. L.) 



