242 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



primaries marked loifh white on their outer loeh ; tail brown, 

 lighter towards the base and broadly edged with white, ex- 

 cepting on the two centre feathers ; legs orange ; heak orange, 

 with a broad black tip. 



In winter plumage and in the immature birds the black 

 markings are less distinct and occasionally all but absent. 



Entire length 7" 5 inches ; culmen 0-G ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 5 '3 ; tarsus 0'9. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Em-, pi. 296. 



241. ^GiALiTis iNTERMEDiTJS (Mcnetr."). Middle Bin ff-Plover. 



• The present species is not imcommon in Lower Egypt, 

 where I have shot it on several occasions near Damietta, and 

 frequently seen it. I have also received several specimens 

 from a collector at Alexandria. In the Fayoom I never met 

 with it, nor do I know of an instance of its capture above 

 Caho. It is very closely allied to ^. hiaticula, from which 

 it chiefly difi'ers in being rather smaller. 



Plumage similar to u^. hiaticula, but with only a narroto 

 patch of orange on the base of the bill. 



Entire length 6' 2 inches ; culmen 0'5 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 44 ; tarsus 09. 



242. ^Egialitis MINOR, Meyer & Wolf. Little Ring-Plover. 



The Little Ring-Plover is a resident and very abundant 

 throughout Egypt and Nubia, frequenting alike the river- 

 banks, canals, pools, and marshes, either singly or more 

 often in small flocks. 



