80 DROMADID^. (EDICNBMID^. 



Family DEOMADID^E. 



Genus DROMAS, Paylcull. 



Dromas ardeola, Paylcull. 



Dromas ardeola, Von Heuglin, Ibis, 1859, p. 346; id. Orn. N.Ost-Afr. 

 ii. pt. i. p. 1043 (1873) ; Let/ye, Birds Ceylon, p. 991 (1880) ; Oates 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd.' B. iii. p. 327 (1880) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 113 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 28 (1896) ; id. Handel, i. 

 p. 171 (1899). 



The eggs of the Crab- Plover are of an oval form, very slightly 

 glossy and plain white. The shell is slightly rough and granulated 

 and the interior, when held up against the light, is of a pale 

 greenish-yellow colour. They measure from 2*42 to 2*66 in length, 

 and from 1'73 to 1*85 in breadth. They are abnormally large for 

 the size of the bird. 



5. Montane Island, 20 miles east of Hume Coll. 

 Bushire, Persian Gulf, June 

 (E. A. Butler). 

 22. Montane Island, 8th May Hume Coll. 



(E. A. B.). 

 31. Montane Island, 29th May Hume Coll. 



(E. A. B.). 

 S. Persian Gulf, 8th June (E. A. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Bushire, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.J. 



2. Fao, Persian Gulf, 13th June. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.] 

 Gulf of Aden. Commander E. R. Shopland, 



R.I.M. [P.]. 



Sub-Order (EDICNEMI. 



Family (EDICNEMID.E. 



Genus (EDICNEMUS, Temm. 



(Edicnemus cedicnemus (Linn.). 



<Edicnemus crepitans, Thien. FortpJUmz. yes. Vdg. tab. Ivii. fig. 4, a-d 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 22. fig. 2 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 288, pi. Ixxiv. (1856) ; Salmn, Ibis, 

 1859, p. 354 ; Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 377 ; Wright, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 140; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 386; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 

 p. 596, pi. 21 (1884) ; id. Geoff r. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 74 (1887) ; 

 id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 90, pi. 23. fig. 3 (1896). 



{Edicnemus scolopax, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 401 (1876) ; Leyge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 969 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sj Eggs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 331 (1890) ; Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 1, pl.'i. (1895-96). 



{Edicnemus crepitans indicus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 77 

 (1887). 



