474 CHARADRIIDJi. 



Ringed Plover, as recorded by the Hon. T. L. Powys in 

 the Zoologist, from which I also derived the three previous 

 notices. 



The bird is rare in Holland, but is occasionally seen in 

 Germany, France, Provence, Switzerland, and Italy ; it is 

 found in Sicily, but only from spring till autumn ; it is 

 more plentiful in Dalmatia, and other eastern parts of 

 Europe. M. Temminck mentions that it breeds in Sar- 

 dinia, and has been seen at Malta. It is said to inhabit 

 Senegal ; I have seen specimens from Tangiers, Algiers, 

 and Tripoli. The Rev. John White obtained this species 

 at Gibraltar, and Linneus, in the fourth letter of those 

 already referred to, writes, Pratincolam antea non vidi ; 

 ad Grallas spectat et proprii generis est. This species has 

 also been observed at Cairo, Smyrna, and Trebizond ; and 

 in the country about the Caucasus it was seen by M. 

 Menetries in considerable flocks : the birds squatted close 

 to the ground, with outstretched wings, and allowed a near 

 approach. The Pratincole is also found in Tartary, but 

 is said not to go farther north in that direction than 

 latitude 53. 



The beak is curved, and almost black, and Mr. Bullock 

 says, that whilst living, the edges of both mandibles, and 

 the base of the lower one, were bright scarlet orange ; the 

 irides light brown ; the head, the neck behind, the back, 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, and tertials, nearly uniform clove 

 brown ; primaries nearly black ; upper tail-coverts white ; 

 tail very much forked, the feathers white at the base, the 

 other part dark brownish black ; the outer feather on each 

 side as long again as those in the middle ; the chin white ; 

 the throat pale buff, with a crescentic line of black ascend- 

 ing to each eye ; breast brownish buff; belly, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts, white ; axillary plume and under wing- 

 coverts bay ; the legs reddish purple brown. 



