sEGIALITIS 737 



ad. (Saigon). Differs from jE. asiatica in being larger, with the 

 supercilium less distinct, the hind neck paler than the crown or back, and 

 in having the under wing-lining and axillaries smoky brown and not 

 white ; bill deep olive-brown, blacker on the terminal portion ; feet light 

 brownish flesh-colour, the toes washed with grey, the joints blackish ; 

 eyelids greyish black. Culmen I'l, wing 6'5, tail 2'5, tarsus T8 inch. In 

 all plumages this species is distinguishable by its smoke-brown axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts. 



Hob. Mongolia and Northern China ; the Malay Peninsula 

 and Australia ; has been once obtained on the Andamans. 



In general habits it resembles its allies, and is said to be 

 very shy and wary. Like d3. asiatica it frequents sandy 

 plains, and is said to breed on the salt plains in S.E. Mongolia, 

 sometimes at great distances from water, but I do not find any 

 description of its eggs. 



1028. KENTISH PLOVER. 

 JEGIALITIS CANTIANA. 



jEgialitls cantiana (Lath.), Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. 66 (1801); (Naum.), viL 

 p. 210, Taf. 176 ; (Hewitson), ii. p. 298, pi. Ixxvii. fig. 3 ; (Gould), 

 B. of E. iv. pi. 298 ; (id.), B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 40 ; Dresser, vii. 

 p. 483, pi. 523 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 430 ; (Seebohm), B. 

 Jap. Emp. p. 309 ; Saunders, p. 543 ; Lilford, v. p. 35, pi. 12 ; Tacz. 

 F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 833 ; Poynting, p. 33, pi. 8 ; ? ^E. alexandrina 

 (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 253 (1766) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mas. xxiv. 

 p. 275 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 240. 



Pluvier a collier interrompu, French ; Lavandeira, Portug. ; 

 Charran, Pillara, Span. ; Fratino, Ital. ; See-Begenpfeifer, 

 German ; Strandplevier, Dutch ; Hvidbrystet Strandpiber, Dan. ; 

 Sortbenet-Sandi*yle, Norweg. ; Svartbenta Strandpipare, Swed. ; 

 Monkoi-suek, Russ. 



ad. (Kent). Forehead, a broad streak over the eye, sides of head 

 and neck, under parts, axillaries, and under wing-coverts pure white ; above 

 the white on the forehead a black patch ; crown and occiput reddish 

 brown ; upper parts light brown ; primaries blackish brown, the shafts 

 chiefly white ; middle tail-feathers blackish brown, the rest white ; lores, 

 a streak through the eye, ear-coverts, and a patch on each side of the 

 breast black ; bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0'8, wing 

 3*95, tail 1*7, tarsus 1'05. The female has the black markings narrower, 

 and the crown and occiput like the back, but paler. In the winter the 

 feathers on the crown and occiput have brown margins and the black 

 feathers on the head are blurred by white margins. 



