CHARADRIAD^. 271 



[One of the specimens of this Plover obtained by Mr. 

 Andersson in Damara Land was partly in breeding dress ; but 

 South-African examples of this species are usually in full winter 

 plumage. ED.] 



316. Eudromias asiaticus (Pall.). Caspian Plover. 



Charadrius asiaticus, Pallas's Reise, vol. ii. p. 715. 

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

 Charadrius damarensis, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 158. 



Charadrius asiaticus, Layard's Cat. No. 570. 

 Eudromias asiaticus, Harting, in Ibis, 1870, pi. 5. 



Small flocks of this Plover may at times be seen in 

 Damara Land ; but it is never common, and very shy. 

 All my Damara specimens were procured at Objimbinque, 

 in the moist bed of the river Swakop. 



The iris is very dark brown, the ring round the eyes 

 black, the legs yellow, and the toes dusky. 



Individual specimens differ a good deal in size ; but 

 there is no marked distinction in the dimensions of the 

 sexes. 



The largest adult specimen I obtained measured 

 8" 4#" in length, the smallest 7". 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 80 81 



Length of folded wing ... 5 10 57 



tarsus 1 10 17 



middle toe ....09 09 



tail 23 23 



bill 10 11 



[Mr. Harting possesses two specimens obtained at the Knysna 

 in the month of January, which are in breeding dress ; but this 

 species usually occurs in South Africa in non-breeding plumage. 



