250 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
orbits yellow ; irides dark hazeM(Seebohm). Length 6 inches; 
culmen 0°45 ; wing 4:4 , tail 2°25 ; tarsus 0'9. 
“The changes of plumage dependent upon age, sex and 
season resemble those of the Azmged Plover” (Seebohm). 
Distribution: Found in summer throughout most of 
Europe south of the Arctic Circle and in the Eastern Palearctic 
region, occurring in winter in most parts of the Oriental region 
and on both east and west coasts of Africa. 
Habitat : Banks of rivers and other inland waters. 
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KENTISH PLOVER. “ 
fEgialitis cantiana (Za/h.). 
Adult: Above pale hair-brown, shading into buff on hind 
neck and crown ; forehead, a broad streak over each eye, a 
ring round the neck, and under parts white; fore part of 
crown, lores, a patch behind the eye, and one om ezther side of 
chest black ; primaries dusky brown, with white shafts except 
at tips ; secondaries paler, and more or less edged with white ; 
bill, legs and feet d/ack ; irides dark brown. Length about 6 
inches ; culmen 0°65 ; wing 4; tail 1°75 ; tarsus 1°I. 
Adult Female: ‘The parts which are black in the male 
are brown, and the hind head and nape have very slight traces 
of buff” (Seebohm). 
Adults (Winter) : Closely resemble the adult female in 
summer dress. 
Young in first plumage: Most of the brown feathers 
have broad buff margins. 
Distribution: Found on the temperate Palearctic coasts 
during summer, wintering in Africa, India and Southern China. 
Habitat: The sea-coast or salt marshes. 
Genus EUDROMIAS. x 
DOTTEREL. “ 
Eudromias morinellus (Zcuz.). 
Adult Female (Summer): Crown- and nape-feathers 
black, mottled on forehead with white; superciliary stripe 
