CHARADRIUSSQUATAROLA 733 



Chata-battan, Hindu. ; Muneguro-shigi, Jap. 



ad. (E. Asia). Differs from C. plumalis in being smaller, with the 

 tarsus longer and more slender, and in having the axillaries smoky brown, 

 and the under wing-coverts smoky brown with a dash of white here and 

 there. Culmen 0-95, wing 6'25, tail 2'5, tarsus T55 inch. 



Hal. Asia east of the Yenesei, north to Kamchatka, east 

 to Japan, south in winter through China, India, and the 

 Philippines to Australia ; East Africa ; Greenland ; North and 

 South America from the extreme north to Patagonia ; has 

 occurred as a straggler in Great Britain, Heligoland, Poland, 

 Spain, and Italy. 



In general habits it does not differ from C. pluvialis, but its 

 note is said to differ, and to more resemble that of the Grey 

 Plover. Its nest and eggs are also similar except that the 

 latter are as a rule paler in ground-colour. In size they 

 measure about 1*95 by T32. 



I agree with Dr. Sharpe in uniting the Asiatic and American 

 species, though the Asiatic form is generally smaller, but it 

 does not otherwise differ. 



SdUATAROLA, Leach, 1816. 



1022. GREY PLOVER. 

 SQUATAROLA HELVETICA. 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (1766) ; Audub. B. Am. 

 pi. 334 ; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pis. 36, 37 ; Dresser, vii. p. 455, 

 pis. 515 fig. 2, 517 fig. 1, 518 fig. 3, 519 fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 182 ; Newton, P.Z.S. 1861, p. 398, pi. 39, fig. 2 (egg) ; 

 Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 835 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 236 ; 

 Saunders, p. 551 ; Lilford, v. p. 41, pi. 15 ; Poynting, p. 55, pis. 13, 

 14 ; Ch. squatarola (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 252 (1766) ; Naum. 

 vii. p. 249, Taf. 178 ; Bidgway, p. 173. 



Vanneau-Pluvier, French ; Tarambola, Portug. ; Avefria, 

 Span,; Pivieressa, Ital. ; Kibitz-Regenpfeiffer, German; Goud- 

 kievit, Dutch ; Strand-brokfugl, Dan. ; Kust-brcikfugl, Norweg. : 

 Kust-pipare, Swed. ; Rantakurmitsa, Finn. ; Rshanka-tules, 

 Russ. ; Barra-batan, Hindu. 



$ ad. (Spain). Forehead, sides of crown and of neck, flanks, abdomen, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; crown, hind neck, and upper part 

 black spotted and banded with white ; tail white barred with black ; 

 sides of face, throat, and breast black ; under wing-coverts white or 



