or little-known Limicolse. 203 



Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 684 (1788); Bree, B. Eur. iv. p. 18 

 (1862); Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Cursores, p. 38 (1865). 



Charadrius caspius, Pallas, Zoogr. R.-A. ii. p. 136, pi. 58 

 (1811). 



Charadrius jugularis, Wagler, Syst. Av. fol. 5, p. 5, no. 39 

 (1827) ; DemidofF, Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 233 (1840). 



Eudromias asiaticus, Keyserl. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 208 

 (1840) ; G. R. Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. Gralla, p. 68 (1844) ; 

 Heuglin, Syst. Uebers. Vog. N-0. Afrika's, p. 57 (1856). 



Charadrius damarensis, Strickland, Contrib. Orn. 1851, p. 148. 



" Charadrius giyas, Brehm " {fide Bonap. Comp. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 417). 



Morinellus caspius, Bonap. Comp. Rend. 1856, p. 417. 



Cirripedesmus asiaticus, Gould, Haudb. B. Austral, ii. p. 229 

 (1865). 



Morinellus asiaticus, Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 132 

 (1867). 



Hab. Northern China [Swinhoe); Tartary and the shores of 

 the Caspian sea (Pallas) ; Russia {Radde) ; Odessa {Nordmann); 

 Heligoland (Blasius); Altai Mountains [Mus. Brit.)-, Palestine, 

 Bay of Acre [Tristram); Red-Sea shore {Heuglin); Abyssinia 

 {Blanford) ; South Africa {Van Horstock) ; Colesberg, Cape 

 Colony {Layard) ; Daraaraland {Andersson) ; Orange River 

 ( Verreaux) ; Algoa Bay {Mus. Brit.) , 



Description. — Adult, in summer. Bill black, moderately long, 

 slender ; crown, nape, the whole of the back, and wings above 

 hair-brown*. Forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, sides of the face, and 

 throat pure white. Across the breast a broad rufous band, the 

 lowest feathers of which, in some specimens, are terminated by 

 dark umber-brown ; thence to the extremities of the under 

 tail-coverts, pure white. Primaries brownish black, the shafts 

 of all mesially white. Secondaries long, extending nearly to 

 the end of the primaries. Axillaries white. Tail moderately 

 long ; the outer feather on each side smoke-grey ; the others 

 darker in colour as they approach the middle (in immature birds 

 each margined at the extremity with white). Legs long and 

 slender; a considerable portion of the tibia bare. Toes three, 

 * Syme's ' Nomenclature of Colours.' 



