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237. ^GiALiTis MONGOLicus (Pall.). Mongolian Sand-Flovef. 



I first had my attention drawn to a specimen of this bird 

 in the British Museum, marked as from Egypt, by Mr. J. E. 

 Harting's paper " On rare or little-known Limicolae " (Ibis, 

 1870, p. 887). The mere fact of there being a specimen 

 in the British Museum labelled Egypt is not very positive 

 evidence as to its locality ; but I think the shores of the Red 

 Sea near Suez are a likely place for this bird to be found. 

 Von Heuglin (Syst. Ueb. p. 56) records it as Abyssinian, but 

 he did not meet with it in Egypt. The following description 

 is taken from Mr. Harting's paper above referred to : — 

 " Similar both in summer and winter plumage to the last- 

 described species {M. geoffroyi), but differing in size, being 

 considerably smaller. The bill, also, is shorter, has the out- 

 line of both mandibles straighter, and is of a dark horn- 

 colour ; the iris dark yellow-brown ; tarsus dull yellowish 

 grey." 



Total length 7 "3 inches; culmen 0-7 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 5 ; tarsus 1*3. 



238. ^GiALiTis PECUARius (Temm.). Afnean Sand-Plover. 



This species is plentifiU throughout Egypt and Nubia, 

 frequenting similar locaUties to those of ^. cantianus and 

 ^. minor, and may generally be met vnth in flocks. Its 

 numbers appear to vary considerably in the same locality in 

 different years; for in 1870 I only met with it once, near 

 Golosaneh, although I was then anxious to procure some 

 specimens, while in 1868 and 1871 it was one of the most 

 abundant of the small Plovers. 



