xl T.IST or TEXT-FIGITBES. 



List of Text- Figures. 



1. Sketch-map of Egj-pt to show localities where hirds were 



collected 2 



2. Sketch-map of Palestine and Syria to show localities 



where birds were collected 3 



3. Sketch-map of part of eastern tropical Africa to show 



localities where hirds were collected 5 



4. Variation in the wing-spot on the first and second primaries 



of Cdjyrhindijus europcens europceiis 44 



5. Variation in the wing-spot on the first and second primaries 



of Cap)'imnl(/i<s europams meridionaUft 45 



6. Variation in the wing-spot on the first and second primaries 



of Cdprinuih/iis enrojxi'iis louviiri 46 



7. Variation in the wing-spnt on the first and second primaries 



of CifjirimuJipis enropcpus zarvdnjii and C. e. phimipes. 47 



8. Measnrements of wings in mm. of § Eastern Desert 



Wheatears 156 



9. Map of Jhang District (Punjal)) 260 



10. Sknlls oi Pre-GharadriincE : — a. Leucop)olius rujtcap'dlus ; 



b. Sqnatarola squatarola ; c. Leucopoliv.s (de.randrimis; 

 d. Arenaria interpres ; e. Hcematopus ostndecjus ; 

 f. Aphriza virgata 480 



11. Skulls of Charadriince and Vanellince: — a. Charadrius 



cuctdlatus ; b. Pluvialis pluvialis ; c. Charadrms 

 Jiiaticida ; d. Eudromias morinell us ; e. Cliettusui 

 leucura ; f. Vanedits vanellufi 481 



12. Hypothetical phylogenetic tree of the C'haradriiformes . 493 



