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Mr. J. E. Harting on rare 



The preceding table of measurements will sufficiently indi- 

 cate the discrepancy in size which exists between the two 

 species, and will serve to distinguish them at all times, not- 

 withstanding the similarity of their plumage. 



On placing the two species in juxtaposition, their relative 

 sizes appear as follows : — 



Bill. Wing. Bare tibia. Tarsus. Mid. toe. 



I append descriptions of the two species, with such 

 particulars of the life-history of each as I have been able to 

 collect. 



iEGiALiTis varius. (Plate VIII.) 



Charadrius varius, Vieillot, N. D. xxvii. p. 143 (1818). 



Charadrius pecuarius, Temm. PI. Col. 183. livr. 31 (1823) ; 

 Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. p. 71 (1823) ; Wagler, Syst. Av. 

 Char. sp. 17 (1827) ; Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 544 (1831) ; 

 Kittlitz, Kupf. Vog. p. 26, t 34 (1832) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. 

 p. 544 (1844-49) ; Strickland, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1852, 

 p. 348; Schlegel, Mus. P. B. Curs. p. 34 (1865); Finsch, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. 1870, vii. p. 297 ; Heuglin, Orn. N. O. Afr. 

 p. 1033 (1872). 



