162 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



No. 1437. Chettusia gregaria. Sociable Lapwing. 



Reid never met with this bird, and only included it on 

 Irby's authority. I have occasionally observed it in small 

 flocks in the middle of the cold weather on fallow ground, 

 the members keeping apart. I have always found them 

 very tame and easy to approach, even in the open. 



No. 1438. Chettusia leucura. White-tailed Lapwing. 



Very common on j heels during the cold weather in small 

 flocks of rarely more than ten. It is a very quiet bird, 

 remarkably tame, and easy to approach. 



■f-No. 1439. Charadrius fulvus. Eastern Golden Plover. 



Turali (?) [H., teste Reid]. 



Of recent years I have found this bird scarce, though 

 flocks are occasionally met with on the maidans. In April 

 1901 Mr. A. C. Bryson and I came upon a large flock on a 

 sandbank in the Gogra, near Fyzabad. 



-f— No. 1440. * Charadrius pluvialis. Golden I' lover. 



Reid got a single specimen ( $ ad.) one winter near 

 Lucknow, but no one has recorded it since. 



„.j.No. 1441. *Squatarola helvetica. Grey Plover. 



There are two old skins in the Museum, labelled Luck- 

 now, which Reid apparently overlooked. 



No. 1446. iEGiALiTis alexandrina. Kentish Plover. 



Common on the big rivers^ where I have found it in full 

 breeding-plumage in April. I could, however, obtain no 

 proof of its nesting. After rain it is often to be found, 

 singly or in pairs, on the sandy plains or maidans. I am 

 not sure w r hether it is a permanent resident : I think not. 



f- No. 1447. .ZEgialitis dubia. Little Ringed Plover. 



A fairly common resident, particularly on big rivers. 

 Major Newnham, I.S.C., found it breeding on the sandbanks 

 of the Gogra at Fyzabad, in April, and I have met with 

 it on those of the Ganges at Fatehgarh in the same month. 

 Three fresh eggs, that I took from a scraping in the sand, 

 measure 1-12" x -80", 1-10" x '78", 1-09" x -78" respec- 

 tively. 



