172 BRITISH BIRDS. 



against 5*30 to 5*40 in our birds. This small form often 

 visits our south coast in spring. 



The larger form is common on the flat portions of our 

 coasts and more or less resident. Eggs : 4 ; pear-shaped; 

 pale buff, evenly marked with small spots and streaks of 

 black ; 1*40 by roo. 



278. ^Igialitis dubia (Scop.). LITTLE RINGED 



PLOVER. 



Hab. Palsearctic region. In winter migrating to Africa. 

 A rare wanderer in spring or autumn to England, only 

 six genuine examples having been obtained. 



279. ^gialitis alexandrina (L.). KENTISH PLOVER. 

 Hab. Temperate Palaearctic region. 



Male : distinguished from ^. hiaticula by the incomplete 

 pectoral band, there being a patch of black on each side 

 only of upper breast ; bill, legs and feet also are black. 

 Length 675. Female : black patches on sides of breast 

 dark brown ; black of fore-crown absent. 



Found locally from April to September on eastern and 

 southern coasts of England ; it rarely strays farther north 

 than Yorkshire or to west side, although one has been 

 shot in Ireland. Eggs : 3 ; more heavily marked than 

 those of Ringed Plover and smaller ; 1*25 by "90. 



280. jEgialitis voeifera (Linn.). KILDEER PLOVER. 

 Hab. Temperate North America. In winter migratory. 

 One is said to have been shot in -Hampshire (1857); 



a second has since been taken in the Scilly Isles (1885). 



GENUS CLV1II. EUDROMIAS, Brehm (1831). 



Possessing much of characteristics of AZgialitis and 

 Charadrius, but tarsi scaled in front instead of reticulated. 



