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GENUS OCHTHODROMUS. Inner secondaries very long and pointed ; 

 the distance from shortest secondary to the tips of primaries more 

 than half length of wing ; no black abdomen in summer, this being 

 white ; plumage of upper surface plain and mostly uniform ; bill 

 stout ; culmen about equal to length of middle toe and claw ; no 

 hind toe. 



609. O. McinetllS. Jardine and Selby (JEgialitis bicinctus), Double- 



banded Dottrel. 



Summer Plumage. Axillaries and under wing coverts white ; 

 band of black across the fore-neck, followed by white band on the 

 chest and by a second band of chestnut across breast. 



Winter Plumage. Axillaries white ; collar of ashy -brown across 

 fore-neck or lower throat. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



610. O. geoffroyi, Wagler (^Egialitis geoffroyi), Large Sand-Dottrel. 



Summer Plumage. Axillaries and under wing coverts white ; no 

 black band on fore-neck ; forehead white, followed by narrow black 

 band ; hinder part of crown light brown, entirely surrounded by 

 pale cinnamon-rufous, which occupies fore part of crown and extends 

 down sides of neck round hinder neck, where it forms broad rufous 

 collar ; across fore-neck and chest a broad band of rufous. 



Winter Plumage. Axillaries white ; no collar across fore-neck, 

 which is white, like rest of under surface ; sides of chest with brown 

 patch. 



Total length, 8 '5 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 5*5 in. ; tail, 2 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '4 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



611. O. mongolllS, Pallas (^Egialitis mongolus, ^Egialitis mastersi), 



Mongolian Sand-Dottrel. 



Smaller than O. geoffroyi, but has a broader black line along sides 

 of face ; ear coverts entirely black ; the white throat separated 

 from rufous chest-band by a narrow black line. 



Total length, 7'5 in. ; culmen, 075 in. ; wing, 5 '2 in. ; tail, 2'1 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '2 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



612. O. veredus, Gld. (Eudromias veredus), Oriental Dottrel. 



Summer Plumage. Axillaries and under wing coverts smoky- 

 brown, as also quill lining ; forehead broad white, and extending 

 to sinciput ; a distinct black horse- shoe below the chestnut band on 

 chest. 



Winter Plumage. Axillaries, under wing coverts, and quill lining 

 smoky-brown. 



Total length, 8 '5 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 6 '5 in. ; tail, 2'4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 "7 in. 



Hab. : 1, 3, 4. 



GENUS ^EGIALITIS. As in Ochthodromus, except that culmen is 

 shorter less than length of middle toe and claw. 



613. JB. Maticola, Linn., Ringed Dottrel. 



Throat white ; no black on mantle ; a distinct white collar round 

 hind-neck. 



Hab. : 4. 



614. J3. rilficapilla, Temm., Red-capped Dottrel. 



Throat white ; no black on mantle ; no white collar round hind- 

 neck ; forehead white, crown rusty, and black line between ; all 

 under surface white. 



Hab. : I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 



