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Length about 6 inches. Summer phimage, forehead, a 

 Hne from eye to nape white ; nape, throat, under side of wing, 

 and under tail coverts white ; rest of under parts rufous orange ; 

 upper parts dusky chocolate brown ; a small broken collar of the 

 same colour ; the brown feathers tipped with lighter brown ; 

 a black band across back of head and down each side of neck. 



In winter the black is replaced by brown and the under 

 parts are paler. Young birds are more fulvous below than are 

 adults in winter. 



361. Kentish Plover. Mgialitis alexandrina (Linnseus). 



Mgialitis cantianus. Shelley, p. 240. 



Very abundant and resident. Usually met with on the 

 sea shore or the edges of the lakes, but in winter frequently seen 

 on village ponds in the Delta. 



Length about 6J inches. Summer plumage, upper parts, 

 light hair brown ; crown pale orange rufous ; forehead white 

 bordered behind with a black band ; a broken narrow black 

 collar on lower neck ; under parts white. 



After the autumn moult the red crown becomes, in really 

 adult males, rust colour. In younger birds the crown is only 

 slightly more yellowish than the back, and the black collar is 

 often replaced with one of brown, as is also the black stripe on 

 the forehead. Females and young birds have the black replaced 

 by brown. 



362. Ringed Plover. Mgialitis hiaticola (LinnsBus). 



Mgialitis hiaticola. Shelley, p. 241. 

 Mgialitis intermedius. Shelley, p. 242. 



The ringed plovers which visit Egypt from August to March 

 are slightly smaller than British examples and browner in 

 coloration. I have never met with this bird further south 

 than the Faiyum, where, however, I have found it abundant 

 in November. 



Length about 7J inches. Winter plumage, upper parts 

 dark hair brown ; a brown collar completely encircles the fore 

 neck ; tail darker brown with white tips and the outer feathers 

 chiefly white ; a white bar in the wings. In summer plumage 

 the collar and ear coverts to front of crown are black ; forehead 

 white. Young in first plumage have the feathers of the upper 

 parts narrowly edged with dirty __white, 



