330 CHARADRINAE. 
with the pure white throat; the head is more or less deeply 
tinged with rufous, and the back, and especially the scapularies, 
are partially banded with the same. 
The Large Sand Plover is a more or less common cold weather 
visitant to all parts of the coast. 
Fégialitis mongola, Pall. 
847.—0O. pyrrhothorax, Tem.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. IT, 
p. 639; Butler, Guzerat; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 12; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 426; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 226. 
THE LESSER SAND PLOVER. 
Length, 7:25 ; expanse, 15°75; wing, 5; tail, 19; tarsus, 1°25 ; 
bill at front, 0°75. 
Similar to the last, both in winter and summer plumage, 
only differing in size, being considerably smaller, and the bill 
differs slightly in shape. 
The Lesser Sand Plover occurs as a cold weather visitant all 
along the sea coast, ascending the rivers also, for a short dis- 
tance. : 
Aigialitis cantiana, Latham. 
848.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 640; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p.12; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 426; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 226; 
Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, p. 132. 
THe KENTISH RINGED PLOVER. 
Length, 6°75 ; expanse, 13 to 14; wing, 43; tail, 2; tarsus, 
1:1; bill at front, 0°6. 
Bill black ; irides brown ; feet dusky-grey to blackish. 
Crown of the head and nape light brownish-red, the rest of 
the upper parts ashy-brown ; primaries brown, the shafts white ; 
tail with the central feathers as the back, the two outermost 
white, and the next partially white; forehead, a broad streak 
over the eye, and a ring round the neck, white; lores and ear- 
coverts black, and a black stripe on the forehead ; lower parts 
white, with a large patch of black on each side of the breast. 
The Kentish Ringed Plover is a common cold weather visi- 
tant all along the coast, and occurs inland on the banks of all 
the larger rivers and lakes. 
fégialitis dubia, Scop. 
849.— 4. philippensis, Scop—dJerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. IT, 
p. 640; 4. curonicus, Gmel.; Butler, Guzerat; Stray Fea- 
thers, Vol. IV, p. 12; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 426 ; 
Ai, philippensis, Lath. ; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, 
p. 227; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, p. 132, 
