734 SQUAT AROLA^EGIALITIS 



whitish ; axillaries black ; bill black ; legs greyish black ; iris dark 

 brown. Culmen 1*2, wing 7'5, tail 2'8, tarsus 1'65, hind toe 0'15 inch. 

 Sexes alike. In winter the upper parts are greyish brown marked with 

 darker brown and white, the under parts white, the throat striped with 

 ashy brown, the breast and flanks indistinctly mottled with greyish brown. 

 In all plumages this species is recognizable by its black axillaries and 

 small hind toe. 



Hob. The extreme northern parts of Europe, Asia, and 

 America ; in winter migrating south throughout Europe, Africa, 

 Asia, Australia, North and South America. 



In general habits it resembles C. plumcdis, but it is more 

 of a shore bird than that species. Its call-note is a sharp 

 whistle readily distinguishable from that of C. plumalis. Its 

 food consists of insects, worms, small shell-fish, &c. It breeds 

 in the high north of Eastern Europe, Asia, and America, and 

 like the Golden Plover it makes its nest, which is a mere 

 depression scantily lined with grass-bents, moss, or leaves, on 

 the ground, and deposits in June, or early in July, 4 eggs, 

 which are intermediate in coloration and marking between 

 those of the Lapwing and Golden Plover, but are subject 

 to considerable variation ; in size they average 2*0 by 1*35. 



JEGIALITIS, Boie, 1822. 



1023. GREATER SAND PLOVER. 

 JEGIALITIS MONGOLA. 



jEgialitis mongola (Pal!.), Eeis. Euss. Keichs. iii. App. p. 700 (1776) ; 

 Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 308 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 427 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 223 ; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iv. p. 238 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 822 ; Eidgway, 

 p. 179 ; ^E. inornata (Gould), B. of Austr. vi. pi. 19. 



( ad. (China). Differs from sE. geoffroyi in being smaller, with a 

 smaller bill and shorter tarsus, the patch on the side of the face (in 

 breeding plumage) broader, and the rufous chest band separated from the 

 white throat by a narrow black line. Culmen 0'75, wing 5*25, tail 2'2, 

 tarsus 1 -2 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Asia, north to Kamchatka ; Dauria, Japan, 

 Mongolia, Corea, China ; wintering in the Philippines, Moluccas, 

 and Australia ; has occurred in Alaska. 



In habits it does not differ from JE. geoffroyi, with which 

 it is very closely allied. It breeds on the sea-shore, the* nest 



