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Charadrius falklandicus, Seebohm, Geoqr. Distr. Charadriidce. p. 155 



(1887). 



The eggs of the Patagouian Sand-Plover are pyriform and gloss- 

 less. They vary in colour from olive-buff to a pale dingy green, 

 and they are spotted and blotched with dark brown or black. The 

 markings at the broad end coalesce and form continuous patches. 

 The underlying markings are inconspicuous and of a pale purple 

 colour. Specimens measure from 1'37 to 1'53 in length, and from 

 1-02 to 1-08 in breadth. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



3. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 



3. Falkland Islands (C. G. A.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands. Purchased. 



JEgialitis pecuaria (Temm.). 



Chavadrius pecuarius, Thien. Fortpfans. ges. Vog. tab. lix. fig. 8 (1845- 

 54); Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 158 (1887). 



yEo-ialitis pecuaria, Hartinrj, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 457, pi. Ix. fig. 4 ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.}, p. 341 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxiv. p. 297 (1896) ; id. Hand-L i. p. 155 (1899). 



yEgialitis varius, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 661 (1875-84). 



Ths eggs of Kittlitz's Sand-Plover are of a pointed oval form arid 

 have a very small amount of gloss. They resemble somewhat the 

 eggs of Oxyeclms tricollaris (p. 23), being of a pale creamy-buff 

 colour, thickly covered with an entangled mass of dark brown spots, 

 streaks, and twisted lines, but there are no indications of zones as 

 in the eggs of that species. The underlying markings are pale 

 purple and nearly obsolete. Four examples measure from 1-23 to 

 1-3 in length, and from -87 to -91 in breadth. 



2. Cape Colony. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Berg River, Cape Colony, Sept. Seebohm Coll. 

 (E. L. Layard}. 



.ZEgialitis sanctae-helenae, Harting. 



Charadrius pecuarius, Melliss, Ibis, 1870, p. 104. 



Charadrius sanctae-helena3, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 160 



(1887). 



alitis sanctre-helenae, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 299 (1896) ; 



id. Rand-l i. p. 155 (1899). 



The eggs of the St. Helena Sand-Plover differ from the eggs of 

 JE. pecuaria only in being larger. Three eggs measure respectively: 

 1-25 by -97 ; 1-44 by 1 ; 1*37 by -97. 



1. St. Helena. J. C. Melliss, Es^. [P.]. 



2. St. Helena. Dr. Gillespie [P.j. 



.ffigialitis melanops ( V.}. 



JEgialitis nigrifrons, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 232 (1865) ; 

 Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 459, pi. Ix. fig. 9; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1877, 



