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id., Avif. Brit. hid. ii. p. 588, No. 1262. /Egialitis fluviatilis, Hume, Sir. F. 

 i. p 230 ; ii. p. 289 ; id,. Nests and Eggs Lid. B. p. 572. ^Egialitis curonica, 

 Wald. ifi BlytJis B. Burm. p. 154; Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 491 ; Legge, 

 B. Ceyloti, p, 952 — The Lesser Ringed Plover, 



A narrow streak above the base of the bill continued behind, under, and 

 through the eye to the ear coverts black ; crown of head and ring round the 

 neck black ; a patch of white on the forehead above the black frontal streak ; 

 chin, throat, and under parts from below the black collar, including the under 

 coverts, white ; nape and upper plumage cinereous or greyish brown ; prima- 

 ries dusky brown ; tail with the middle feathers paler than the lateral ones, 

 except the outermost on each side, which are white, with a dusky spot on the 

 inner web ; under wing coverts white. 



Lefigth.—j to 7-25 inches; wing 4-5; tail 2-5; bill at front 0-56; bill 

 black ; irides brown ; legs yellowish. 



Ilab. — Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, Aghanistan, E. Turkestan, Nepaul, 

 Cashmere, and throughout India, also throughout Burmah, Extremely com- 

 mon in rice fields and along the banks of the Indus. Breeds in the Deccan 

 and Central Provinces durmg April and May. Eggs, three in number, 

 broad ovals, elongated and pointed towards one end ; of a fawn, drab or buff'y 

 stone colour, speckled and spotted with hieroglyphic-like lines and figures of 

 brownish purple, blackish brown or black. Size I'l to r23 x o"8 to 0-87. 



136. -ffigialitis Jerdoni, Legge, p. Z. S. iSSo, p. 39; id., Birds, 



Ceyloti, p. 956. /Egialitis minutus (Pall.), apud. Jerd., B. hid. ii. p. 641 ; 

 Legge, Sir. F. iii., p. 372; Hume and Davison, Sir. .^. vi. p. 456; Hume, 

 Sir. F. viii. pp. 112, 199; Oaies, Sir. F. x p. 238; id., B. Br. Burmah, 

 ii. p. 371 ; ISIurray, Avif. Brit. hid. ii, p. 588, No, 1263. /Egialitis phillipi- 

 nus (Lath.), apud. Hume, Sir. F. p. 179. — The Little Indian Ringed 

 Plover. 



Similar to jE. duhla, from which it differs in being smaller, in having the 

 edges of the eyelids swollen and protuberant, and in having the basal half 

 of the lower mandible yellow. Another point of difference, according to 

 Mr. Hume, is that in summer the legs of ^. Jerdoni do not become yellow 

 as in /E. duhia. 



Length. — 6 inches; tail 2*2; wing 4-1; tarsus 9; bill from gape 5-5. 

 The female is rather larger, approaching in size the male of /E. dubia. 



The Little Indian Ringed Plover is generally distributed over Burmah, but 

 is nowhere very abundant. Oates procured it near Thayetmyo and also in 

 Southern Pegu, along the banksof the canal. Capt. Wardlaw-Ramsay got itat 

 Tounghoo, and Mr. Davison observed it in Tenasserim about the latitude of 

 Moulmein. It occurs in suitable localities over the whole of India and Ceylon, 

 the Indo-Burmese Countries, and Cochin-China, where Dr. Tiraud procured 

 many specimens near Saigon. Oates says it is probably a constant resi- 



