740 ^EGIALITIS 



also near the Tche-kiang and Kiang-si rivers in China. Its 4 

 eggs are pale stone-buff, finely dotted with blackish brown, and 

 measure about 1*38 by 1 03. 



1031. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. 

 43GIALITIS SEMIPALMATA. 



jEgialitis semipalmata (Bp.), Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 219 ; (Audub.), B. 

 Am. pi. 330 ; Nelson, Hep. Nat. Hist. Coll. in Alaska, p. 126 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 250 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 829 ; Eidgway, p. 176. 



( ad. (Massachusetts). Differs from JE. hiaticola in having a distinct 

 web between the inner and middle toes, and in having the black collar 

 much narrower ; bill black, the basal half orange ; legs pale flesh-colour, 

 the claws black ; iris deep hazel. Culmen 0*6, wing 4*68, tail 2'5, tarsus 

 1-0 inch. 



Hob. North America generally, wintering in the West 

 Indies, Central America, and South America to Brazil, Peru, 

 and the Galapagos ; Plover Bay and Koliuchin Bay on the 

 coast of Eastern Asia. 



In general habits it resembles ^. hiaticola, and, like that 

 species, nests on the ground, usually near the sea. Its eggs are 

 pale dull buff or olive-buff, speckled or irregularly spotted, 

 chiefly on or round the larger end, with dark brown or black, 

 and measure T26 by 0*94. 



1032. LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 

 ^GIALITIS CURONICA. 



jEgialitis curonica (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 692 (1788) ; Dresser, vii. 



p. 491, pi. 524 ; Saunders, p. 541 ; Lilford, v. p. 33, pi. 11 ; 



Poynting, p. 31, pi. 7 ; 1 JE. dulia (Scop.), Del. Faun, et Flor. 



Insubr. ii. p. 93 (1786) ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 429 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 263 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, 



iv. p. 241 ; Bidgway, p. 177 ; ^E. minor (Wolf and Meyer), Vog. 



Deutschl. i. Heft 15, Taf. 5 (1805) ; (Naum.), vii. p. 225, Taf. 177 ; 



(Hewitson), ii. p. 299, pi. Ixxvii. fig. 4 ; (Seebohm), B. Jap. Emp. 



p. 306 ; (Gould), B. of E. iv. pi. 297 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 42 ; 



Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 830. 



Petit Pluvier a collier, French ; Lavandeira, Portug. ; Andarios 

 pequeno, Corriolet, Span. ; Corriere piccolo, Ital. ; Fluss-Regen- 

 pfeifer, German ; Kleine Plemer, Dutch ; Lille Strandpiber, 

 Dan. ; Mindre Strandryle, Norweg. ; Mindre Strandpipare, Swed. ; 

 Pieni-rantaraukuja, Finn. ; Retschnoi-suek, Russ. ; Zirrea, Hindu. 



