368 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



715. ^GIALITIS MONGOLICA. 

 THE LESSER SAND-PLOVER. 



Charadrius mongolus, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 700. Charadrius mon- 

 golicus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 136. Charadrius pyrrhothorax, Temm. 

 in Gould's Birds Europe, pi. 299. ^Egialitis pyrrhothorax, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 639. -ffigialitis mongolicus, Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 384 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. 

 p. 316 ; Hume, S. F. iii. p. 179 ; Bl B. Burm. p. 153 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. 

 p. 339 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 427 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 942 ; Kelham, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 10. Cirrepidesmus mongolicus, Hume, S. F. i. p. 230, ii. p. 289 ; 

 id. Nests and Eggs, p. 571. -ffigialitis mongolus, Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 455 ; 

 Cripps, S. F. vii. p. 299 ; Hume, S. F. viii. pp. 112, 200 ; Gates, S. F. x. p. 237. 



Description. Male and female in winter. Quite similar to the last, from 

 which it only differs in being smaller. 



In summer the plumage of the two is also very similar ; but the present 

 species is characterized by being more rufous on the breast, neck and 

 crown. 



The bill and other parts are coloured as in the last. 



Length 7'5 inches, tail 2*2, wing 5, tarsus 1*3, bill from gape *8, swollen 

 portion of the upper mandible *3. . 



This is to be distinguished from the last only by its size and especially 

 by the dimensions of the bill and tarsus. 



The Lesser Sand-Plover is a common winter visitor to Burmah, being 

 found not only on the sea-coast but on all the rivers of the interior, especi- 

 ally where these have low flat banks. 



This Plover inhabits nearly the whole of Asia, extending down to 

 Australia ; it is also found in North-east Africa, and it is said to occur 

 occasionally in Europe, but Mr. Dresser excludes it from his list. 



716. ^GIALITIS CANTIANA. 



THE KENTISH PLOVER. 



Charadrius cantianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Ixvi. ^Jgialitis cantianus, 

 Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 640; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 340; Dresser, Birds JEur. vii. 

 p. 483, pi. ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 430 ; Hume 8> Dav. S. F. vi. p. 456 j 

 Hume, S. F. viii. pp. 112, 200 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 947 ; Gates, S. F. x. 

 p. 237. ^gialophilus cantianus, Hume, S. F. i. p. 230 ; id. Nests and Eggs, 

 p. 571. ,Sgialitis alexandrinus (Z.), Bl. B. Burm. p. 154. 



Description. Male in summer. Forehead and a broad supercilium white ; 

 crown and nape pale rufous ; a broad band separating the white of the 



