THE LITTLE INDIAN RINGED PLOVER. 371 



Pegu, and Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured it at Rangoon. Dr. Arm 

 strong observed it in the Irrawaddy Delta, and Mr. Davison at many points 

 in Tenasserim. I do not remember to have seen it in Northern Pegu, nor 

 has it been recorded from Arrakan, but it is very likely to be found in 

 these parts of Burmah. 



It has a wide range, inhabiting the greater part of Europe and Africa, 

 and the whole of Asia down to the Philippine Islands and Celebes. 



This species appears to visit Burmah only in the winter; but it is very 

 probable that it has been overlooked in the summer, for it seems to breed 

 in many parts of India, and there is no reason why it should not do the 

 same in Burmah. Its eggs will be found on sand-banks, probably in April. 



718. JEGIALITIS JERDONI. 

 THE LITTLE INDIAN RINGED PLOVER. 



JEgialitis minutus (Pall.\ apud Jerd. B. 2nd. ii. p. 641 ; Legge, S. F. iii. p. 372 ; 

 Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi. p. 456 ; Cripps, S. F.\ii. p. 300 ; Hume, S. F. viii. pp. 112, 

 199 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 238. JEgialitis alexandrinus (Z.), apud Bl. B. Burm. 

 p. 154. ^Egialitis philippinus (Lath.}, apud Hume, S. F. iii. p. 179. 

 JEgialitis jerdoni, Legge, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 39 j id. Birds Ceylon, p. 956. 



Description. Similar to ^E. dubia, from which it differs in being 

 smaller, in having the edges of the eyelids swollen and protuberant, and 

 in having the basal half of the lower mandible yellow. Another point of 

 difference, according to Mr. Hume, is that in summer the legs of &. jerdoni 

 do not become yellow as in jE. dubia. 



Length 6 inches, tail 2*2, wing 4'1, tarsus *9, bill from gape '55. The 

 female is rather larger, approaching in size the male of ^E. dubia. 



The Little Indian Ringed Plover is generally distributed over Burmah, 

 but is nowhere very abundant. I procured it near Thayetmyo and also in 

 Southern Pegu along the banks of the canal. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay got 

 it at Tonghoo, and Mr. Davison observed it in Tenasserim about the 

 latitude of Moulmein. 



It occurs in suitable localities over the whole of India and Ceylon, the 

 Indo-Burmese countries, and Cochin China, where Dr. Tiraud procured 

 many specimens near Saigon. 



This Little Plover is probably a constant resident in Burmah, notwith- 

 standing the fact that all my specimens were procured in the winter 

 season. In the rains when sand-banks are submerged its area of distribu- 

 tion must become much restricted, and it is likely at this time of the year 

 to escape observation. Major Legge found it breeding in Ceylon. 



