^GIALITIS. 



2Egialitis dubia (Scop.}. 



Charadrius minor, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 299, pi. IxxviL 



fig-, iv (1856); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 16, pi. 20 (1885); id. 



Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 130 (1887); id. Eggs of Brit. Birds? 



p. 120, pi. 40. fig. 2 (1896). 

 JEgialitis philippensis, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 376; id. Ibis, 1868, 



p. 389. 

 JEgialitis curonica, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 491 (1876) ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 952 (1880) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 269 (1895) ; 



Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 31, pi. 7 (1895-6). 

 ^Eglalitis dubia, dates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 338 



(1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 263 (1896) ; id. Hand-L 



i. p. 154 (1899). 

 ^Egialitis jerdoni, Oates, op. cit. iii. p. 340 ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat* 



Hist. Soc. vi. p. 22, pi. . fig. 850 (1891). 



The eggs of the Little Ringed Plover are sharply pyriform and 

 perfectly gloss-less. The ground-colour is pale buff, in many cases- 

 faintly tinged with green ; it is rather densely marked all over with 

 specks, small spots, streaks and lines of umber-brown or black. 

 The markings are always extremely delicate, and they are generally 

 more frequent at the large end than elsewhere. The underlying 

 markings consist of small spots of pale purple. The eggs measure 

 from 1*1 to 1*25 in length, and from '8 to '9 in breadth. 



3. South Sweden (H. W. Wheelwright}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Esthonia, Baltic Provs. (Russow). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Esthonia (Russow). Seebohin Coll. 



4. Mannsfeld, Saxony, 8th June (Dr. Seebohm Coll. 



Rey}. 

 1. Casas Viejas, Cadiz, May (L. H. Seebohm Coll. 



Irby). - 

 1. Kashmir, 14th May ( W. E. Brooks). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Kashmir (W. E. B.) Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 19th Feb. (W. E. Brooks}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Allahabad, 7th Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 10th Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 15th Feb. Hume Coll. 



3. Allahabad, 14th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Raipur, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



2. Maunbhoom, 21st March (R. C. Snlvin-Godman Coll 



Beavan} . 



JEgialitis peroni (%>.) 



^Egialitis peroni, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 350 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxiv. p. 273 (1896) ; Grant 8f Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 247, pi. vi. 



fig. 8; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 154 (1899). 

 Charadrius peroni, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 166 (1887). 



The eggs of the Malay Sand-Plover are of a regular oval form 

 and gloss-less. The ground is pale cream-colour, and this is thickly 

 marked with spots, streaks, lines, and scrawls of dark brown or 

 black, together with some underlying markings of pale purple. 



