or little-known Limicolse. . 209 



The late Mr. C. J. Andersson procured numerous specimens 

 of E. asiaticus in South-west Africa, several of which are now 

 before me. In his MS. notes, now in the possession of Mr. 

 Gurney, who has kindly referred to them at my request, he speaks 

 of this species as appearing in Damaraland in small flocks occa- 

 sionally, and as varying a good deal in size ; but he does not 

 think that this variation is sexual. The specimens formerly in 

 his collection, and now in my own, were procured at Otjim- 

 binque (Damaraland), Ondonga (Ovampo), and Knysna, in the 

 months of November, December, and January. 



M. Verreaux found this species on the Orange River; and 

 a specimen from Algoa Bay is in the British Museum. Other 

 examples, procured in South Africa by Van Horstock, are in the 

 Museum at Leyden. 



It will thus be seen tha,t Eudi^omias asiaticus has a very exten- 

 sive range ; and in these days of rapid locomotion, when natural- 

 ists have such great facilities for reaching little-known countries, 

 it is to be hoped that some enterprising ornithologist will inves- 

 tigate the breeding-habits and economy of this bird, and so 

 complete the history of one of the most beautiful of the group 

 of Plovers. 



4. EuDROMiAS VEREDUs. (Plate VI.) 



Cursorius isabellinus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 137 

 (1820) {nee Temm.). 



Charadrius veredus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 38; Id. B. 

 Austral, vi. pi. 14. 



Eudromias xanthochilus, G. R. Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. 

 Grallce, p. 68 (1844) (nee Wagl.). 



Pluvialis xanthochilus, Bonap. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 417. 



Charadrius xanthochilus, Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 34. 



Cirrepidesmus asiaticus, Gould, Handb. B. Austral, ii. p. 229 

 (1865). 



Hah, Japan [Mus. Brit.) ; China, Shanghai (Reeves, teste 

 Gould) ; Celebes, Macassar {Wallace) ; Java. {Horsfield, Wallace); 

 Ternate {Bernstein); Amboyna {Mus. Lugdun.); New Guinea, 

 Aru Islands {Wallace)-, Australia, Port Essington {Gilbe7't, teste 

 Gould); Queensland {Mus. J. E. H.) ; Bampton Shoals {Krefft); 

 New South Wales, Sydney {Strange, teste Guuld). 



