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Gents— OCHTHODROMUS. — Inner secondaries very long and pointed ; 

 the distance from shortest secondary to the tips of primaries more 

 than half length of wing ; no black aVidomen in summer, tijis being 

 white ; plumage of upper surface plain, and mostly uniform ; bill 

 stout ; culmen about equal to length of middle toe and claw ; no 

 hind toe. 



609. O. bicillCtUS. Jardiue »nd Selby (^gialitis bicinctus), Double- 



bauded Dottrel. 



Summer Plumage. —Axillaries and under wing coverts white; 

 band of black across the fore-neck, followed by white band on the 

 chest and by a second band of chestnut across breast 



Winter Plumage. — -Axillaries white ; collar of ashy-brown across 

 fore-neck or lower throat. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



610. O. geoflfroyi, Wagler {^Egialitis geoffroyi), Large Sand-Dottrel. 



Summer Plumage. — Axillaries and under wing coverts white ; no 

 black band on fore-neck ; forehead white, followed by narrow black 

 band ; hinder part of crown light brown, entirely surrounded by 

 pale cinnamon-rufous, which occupies fore part of crown and extends 

 down sides of neck round hinder neck, whei-e it forms broad rufous 

 collar ; across fore-neck and chest a broad band of rufous. 



Winter Plumage. — Axillaries white ; no collar across fore-neck, 

 which is white, like rest of under surface ; sides of chest with brown 

 patch. 



Total length, 8'5 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 5"5 in. ; tail, 2 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '4 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



611. O. IllOllgoIUS. Pallas (.^^gialitia mongolus, ^Egialitis mastersi), 



Mongolian Sand-Dottrel. 



Smaller than O. geoffroyi, but has a broader black line along sides 

 of face ; ear coverts entirely black ; the white throat separated 

 from rufous chest-band by a narrow black line. 



Total length, 7 '5 in. ; culmen, 075 in. ; wing, 5"2 in. ; tail, 2'1 in. ;. 

 tarsus, 1 2 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



612. O. veredllS, t!ld. (Eudromias veredus). Oriental Dottrel. 



Summer Plumage. — Axillaries and under wing coverts smoky- 

 brown, as also quill lining ; forehead broad white, and extending 

 to sinciput ; a distinct black horse- shoe below the chestnut band on 

 chest. 



Winter Plumage. — Axillaries, under wing covei'ts, and quill lining 

 smoky-brown. 



Total length, S"5 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 65 in. ; tail, 2 4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1"7 in. 



Hab. : 1, 3, 4. 



Genus — ^^GIALITIS. — As in Ochthodromus, except that culmen is 

 shorter — less than length of middle toe and claw. 



613. JE» lliatiCOla, Linn., Ringed Dottrel. 



Throat white ; no black on mantle ; a distinct white collar round 

 hind-neck. 



Hab. : 4. 



614. M» rilficaiJilla, Temm., Red-capped Dottrel. 



Throat white ; no black on mantle ; no white collar round hind- 

 neck ; forehead white, crown rusty, and black line between ; all 

 under surface white. 



Hab.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 



